Gender identity clinic

A gender identity clinic is a type of specialist clinic providing services relating to transgender health care.

List of clinics and hospitals

Asia

Hong Kong

  • Gender Identity Clinic at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Shatin, New Territories[1][2]

Europe

Belgium

  • Center for Sexology and Gender Problems at Ghent University Hospital in Ghent.

Netherlands

  • Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria at the University Medical Center of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Amsterdam.[3][4]

United Kingdom

England
Northern Ireland
  • Regional Gender Identity Service, Brackenburn Clinic, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in Belfast[6]
  • Knowing Our Identity, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in Belfast[7]
Scotland
  • Chalmers Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Lothian at Chalmers Hospital in Edinburgh.[8]
  • Sandyford Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in Glasgow.[8]
  • Grampian Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Grampian at Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen.[8]
  • Highlands Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Highland at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.[8]
Wales
  • Welsh Gender Service, St David's Hospital in Cardiff.[9]

North America

Canada

  • Gender Identity Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.[10]
  • Gender Identity Clinic at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

United States

  • Center of Excellence for Transgender Health of the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco.[11]
  • Gender Management Service (GeMS) of Boston Children's Hospital in Boston.[12]
  • Transgender Health Program of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.[13]
  • GenderCare Center at the Boston Medical Center in Boston.[14]
  • Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery of Mount Sinai in New York City.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yeung, Carain (13 September 2016). "Hospital named to handle gender cases". The Standard.
  2. ↑ Yung, Kylie (19 June 2022). "Why Hong Kong's underage trans teens want age limits for the city's gender clinic scrapped". Hong Kong Free Press.
  3. ↑ Wiepjes, Chantal M.; Nota, Nienke M.; de Blok, Christel J.M.; Klaver, Maartje; de Vries, Annelou L.C.; Wensing-Kruger, S. Annelijn; de Jongh, Renate T.; Bouman, Mark-Bram; Steensma, Thomas D.; Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy; Gooren, Louis J.G.; Kreukels, Baudewijntje P.C.; den Heijer, Martin (2018). "The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972–2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 15 (4). Elsevier BV: 582–590. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.016. ISSN 1743-6095. PMID 29463477. Wiepjes CM, Nota NM, de Blok CJ, Klaver M, de Vries AL, Wensing-Kruger SA, de Jongh RT, Bouman MB, Steensma TD, Cohen-Kettenis P, Gooren LJ, Kreukels BP, den Heijer M (April 2018). "The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets". J Sex Med. 15 (4): 582–590. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.016. PMID 29463477.
  4. ↑ Een halve eeuw transgenderzorg aan de VU [Half a century of transgender care at the VU] (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam. 2020. ISBN 9789024437306. OCLC 1231709484.
  5. ↑ "Governor of Tavistock Foundation quits over damning report into gender identity clinic". TheGuardian.com. 23 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Theil, Michele; Kelly, Laura (28 January 2021). "Transgender Healthcare Is at Breaking Point In This Corner of Europe". Vice. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Smyth, Lisa (23 November 2016). "Astonishing rise in number of Northern Ireland people seeking expert help over gender confusion". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Scottish Gender Identity Services". Scottish Trans. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "New Welsh Gender Service announced". Welsh Government. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "History of GCS in Ontario · Trans Health Care Activism in Ontario, 1998-2008". The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Center of Excellence for Transgender Health". Division of Prevention Science. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  12. ↑ Edwards-Leeper, Laura; Spack, Norman P. (2012). "Psychological Evaluation and Medical Treatment of Transgender Youth in an Interdisciplinary "Gender Management Service" (GeMS) in a Major Pediatric Center". Journal of Homosexuality. 59 (3). Informa UK Limited: 321–336. doi:10.1080/00918369.2012.653302. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 22455323. S2CID 36936382.
  13. ↑ "Transgender Health Program". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "GenderCare Center". Boston Medical Center. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  15. ↑ "Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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