Looking for a lesbian friendly GP.

LegacyUser

As the title suggests, I am looking for a female GP that is a little more sympathetic with lesbians. The GP I have is male and although he is a good dr, I don't really feel comfortable talking to him about certain things. I am in college in Dublin so something in the city would be perfect.
Will be most grateful if anybody can help, I kinda need to see somebody soonish.

Annasopra

Maybe contact GDI

http://www.gaydoctorsireland.ie/contact-us/

wonderfulname

First off, it is likely your college provides a GP or has ties with one locally, if this is the case I would advise you to look into it, they will definitely be gay friendly (as all GPs should be) and you could save yourself a lot of money, and the hassle of trying to get onto someone's books in a highly populated area.

If you really need somebody asap there is a walk in clinic on Dame st, they used to have a female physician, you could enquire as to whether she's still there.

At the end of the day, a doctor is a professional, male or female they are there to do a job, and for the most part should cater to the LGBT community without issue. Regardless of who your doctor is they are there to help you, and it really should be okay to broach any issue you may have with them. Having said that, I realise some people have their reasons for discomfort in certain situations, so I won't tell you you have to talk to your own GP, but it should be okay to.

baby and crumble

What college are you in? If its TCD I have found all the doctors there great, and I particularly like the female doctors. They know and have no issue with my sexuality, and in fact one in particular is very good.

But all GP's should be lesbian friendly, however I agree not all will know about specific health concerns and issues that effect lesbian women in particular.

Perhaps just requesting a female doctor would suit you? I know I personally prefer female doctors, it's just a personal thing.

L1011

I know of an actually lesbian GP but I've no idea if her patients are aware of that so I'm not going to out her... and Dublin is a very large place, it'd help if you give an idea where you are?

There is also a GP on the committee of Gay Doctors Ireland, he's in Harolds Cross.

littlehedgehog

I find Suffolk Street Surgery particularly good, barely bat an eyelid - really highly recommend.

LegacyUser

Thanks everybody for the reply's.

I am in DIT and have never used the Dr's there, but I will give them a call next week, I just didn't think about calling them.
I want a female Dr for personal reasons, I just don't feel comfortable having a male Dr examine me, yeah I know they have seen everything and then some, but its an issue I have had for most of my life and don't have the time to deal with it at the moment.
I would prefer a Dr that is used to working with the LGBT community, I had an incident several months ago and ended up in A&E, with tests not confirming what was wrong, the male Dr was asking me questions trying to narrow things down, when he was asked if I was sexually active and if I used condoms, he was stumped when I told him yes but with women (but wasn't promiscuous) he then said, well its not sexually transmitted and discharged me but told me to do a follow up visit to my own GP, which I haven't been able to pluck up the courage to do.
I didn't get an answer to my problem, its still a problem for me (not a major one) but I want to get it resolved asap.