Quote from: sascraps on April 07, 2011, 05:04:07 PM
You know what would be good? To just have a straight up directory listing doctors, hospitals, clinics, therapists, counselors, surgeons, etc. who are trans-friendly and don't give you a total hassle to get stuff done. 

By far the best idea I've heard, so I decided to start a topic where we can all post links or contact information to the trans-friendly doctors/hospitals/clinics/therapists/counselors/surgeons we've been to. It's sure to get a wide variety in many different areas and possibly help some people out. I wish there was a directory like that though, it would have got me on T far sooner than having to experience a bunch of BS from a gender clinic that tried to 'fix' me. (I'll post as soon as I find all the contact details of everyone I've been too, I think it could really help people in my area!)

We have a health directory; perhaps it needs a section or two on trans-friendly GPs and other healthcare providers.

Southern Ontario, Canada

Endocrinologist - Dr. John Booth - Dundas (905) 628-5700

Gynecologist (OBGYN) - Dr. Caroline Ann Sibley - Hamilton (905) 540-8100
(Have not been to see Dr. Sibley yet by my endocrinologist told me she is trans friendly)

Family Doctor - Dr. Laura Blew - Hamilton (905) 547-2302
(Unsure if she's accepting new patients. She is very understanding/accepting and I was her first trans patient)

Psychologist - Dr. Albina Veltman - Hamilton (905) 525-4273

Hospital - St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
(They have an MTF doctor on staff, and every time I've been in for emergency reasons, the doctors were very kind and understanding of my situation!)

For the Seattle Region:

Clinic/Doctor/Place where I got my script for T: Country Doctor Community Health Center on Cap Hill

Surgeon (Top Only): Dr Mangubat at Southcenter Cosmestic Surgery near Southcenter Mall

Therapist: Shawn Adams with Birch Counseling on Cap/First Hill

Open directories like this exist.  It might be a good idea to add to current directories instead of creating a new one, just to get as much information in one place as possible.  Current open directories include:

Trans411 http://trans411.org/

Transbucket http://www.transbucket.com/

T-Vox (with links to support groups and therapists by region) http://www.t-vox.org/index.php?

Use google? Canadian provinces have these lists. For example - here is Albertas. http://www.albertatrans.org/documents.shtml

Why is it when I search google I never find what I'm looking for?

Quote from: sascraps on April 08, 2011, 01:21:43 PM
Why is it when I search google I never find what I'm looking for?

Same here.

In Humboldt county CA where I am located:

David Horwitz at Humboldt Open Door Clinic. He prescribes my testosterone and helps with most medical concerns I have.

Cathy Silver : Pyschiatrist. She helped me work through a lot of tran and non-trans related mental issues. While her knowledge of transsexuality is fairly new an limited (I'm her first transsexual patient), I can certainly say she is fantastic and extremely considerate.

Melinda Myers : Psychologist. I haven't personally seen her, but have heard some great things about her from others. She actually specializes in gender and sexual psychology.

I suggested this at one point and got told no since we already have something similar on the site. There was talk at the time about updating but I think everyone, like me, just forgot

http://www.t-vox.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

T-Vox is like the trans wikipedia.  You can search doctors, therapists, surgeons and tons of other stuff on there.  You can join the site and update with doctors who you've been to and what they are like.  I really suggest joining, adding to the list, and putting a little summary about how the doctor/whoever was because those were the best entries because you'd know what to expect.  I've updated with the name of my endo since he wasn't on the list.