Transgender Good Practice
Gender Specialists
Transgender people do not need to know for certain whether they want to transition in order to choose to see one of the Scottish gender specialist doctors to explore the options available. The Scottish gender specialists are experienced in helping a wide range of transgender people of all ages and identities.
It is important that people are open and honest with their gender specialist in order to receive the most appropriate assistance. In the past many transgender people were concerned that gender specialists might only let them transition if they appeared likely to be straight/heterosexual once transitioned. Fortunately, all the current Scottish gender specialists recognise that trans people can have a wide range of sexual orientations; both in terms of their sexual histories and future intentions. The current Scottish gender specialists do not expect people to have any particular sexual orientation in order to transition.
In Scotland, the main NHS Gender Identity Clinic is based at the Sandyford in Glasgow. The Sandyford NHS Gender Identity Clinic currently has around a three month waiting time for a first appointment. Often people are referred to the Sandyford NHS Gender Identity Clinic by their GP Practice but it is also possible to self-refer to the clinic:
The Gender Clinic
The Sandyford
6 Sandyford Place
Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G3 7NB
Tel: 0141 211 8137
For people living on the east coast of Scotland it is possible to see Dr Lyndsey Myskow at her small NHS clinic at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Dr Myskow’s NHS Clinic currently has around a 20 month waiting time for a first appointment. However, if a person is available at short notice to attend a cancellation slot then sometimes they can be seen for their first appointment within a few months. Often people are referred to Dr Myskow’s NHS Clinic by their GP Practice but it is also possible to self-refer to her clinic:
Dr Lyndsey Myskow
Sexual Problems Clinic
Reproductive Health Outpatients Dept
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Little France
51 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Tel: 0131 242 2515
A small number of transgender people in Scotland see gender specialist Dr Lyndsey Myskow via her private medical practice Medicalternative in Edinburgh. Her private practice website is: http://www.medicalternative.com
A very small number of transgender people in Scotland travel to see gender specialist and trans man Dr Richard Curtis at his trans-specific private medical practice Transhealth in London. His private practice website is: http://www.transhealth.co.uk