for trans individuals
take back control
Find a trans-friendly GP, check waiting times, and discover what you can arrange yourself. You don't have to wait until it's your turn.
for healthcare providers
what's already possible in primary care
Hormone therapy, speech therapy, fertility preservation, and so much more! Here you will find guidelines, accredited continuing education, and other useful tools.
what we stand for
Three themes, one goal:
care without a gatekeeper
informed consent
Self-determination in healthcare
A diagnosis should not be an entry ticket. We advocate for informed consent: you decide, the healthcare provider informs and guides. Also for people without residency status, without a Dutch passport, or without a permanent GP.
Read our vision →
care close to home
Hormone care at the GGD
Trans clinics in Amsterdam and Utrecht show that it's possible: low-barrier hormone care through the municipal health service, for groups who have nowhere else to go. We help municipalities set this up.
View the campaign →
guidance
Navigating the healthcare system
Waiting times, insurance, referrals, rights. We collect and update the information you need to find your own way — in Dutch and in English.
To the guides →
We do it together
Co-founder of the Transgender Healthcare Coalition
Trans In Eigen Hand is a co-founder of the Transgender Healthcare Coalition: nine organizations working together for self-determination in transgender healthcare. The coalition is currently actively lobbying for the revision of healthcare guidelines and the launch of more GGD Trans Clinics.
the coalition's efforts
- More self-determination, no gatekeepers
- Transgender care at GGD clinics
- Access to transgender care for migrants
- Access to transgender care through primary care
stories
What good care can mean.
“My endocrinologist transferred my hormone care to my GP. Now I can get help much faster and closer to home if I have questions. Blood tests can also be done right there. It's so great!”
Denna, 31 — Rotterdam
received hormone care through their own GP
“Prescribing hormones isn't as complicated as I thought. In fact, I already knew all the medications! You are allowed to do this and it makes a huge difference for your patients.”
Timen, GP — Amsterdam
prescribes hormone therapy
STOP THE GATEKEEPING MODEL STOP THE PATERNALISM INFORMED CONSENT WORKS
self-determination saves lives
what changed thanks to our work
capacity
rotterdam commits to a GGD trans clinic
After a years-long campaign by Trans In Eigen Hand and our partners, the city council has committed to establishing a trans clinic by 2026. We will keep going until it's actually there!
Taboo broken
Hormone care at the GP
Hormone care through a GP is very normal for many people, for example during menopause. For trans people, that wasn't the case yet. We explained how important it is to arrange this care in primary care. Now many GPs also prescribe hormones to trans people. We will keep going until it's possible at every GP!
guidelines for primary care physicians
hormone therapy guidelines - for and by GPs
What we often heard: "I want to prescribe hormones to trans people, but I don't know how." Not anymore! Together with NHG and Transvisie, we wrote guidelines to help GPs get started!
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