Gender Affirming Care in Wollongong: What to Expect at Embrace Medical

Finding a GP for gender affirming care in Wollongong can take a long time. Some people spend years explaining their history before they even get to the actual appointment. This month, Embrace Medical is expanding its services to include gender affirming care, and this post covers what that means in practical terms.

What Is Gender Affirming Care?

Gender affirming care is general practice care that recognises and supports a person's gender identity. It can include hormone therapy support, referrals to relevant specialists, and ongoing GP care for the everyday health needs everyone has, delivered without requiring a patient to justify who they are before being treated with respect.

Do You Need a Referral to Access Gender Affirming Care?

No referral is needed to book a first appointment for gender affirming care at Embrace. You can book directly, the same way you would for any other GP visit.

Will You Need to Explain Your Whole History?

You should not need to repeat your history more than once. A first appointment is a starting point for the care you need, not an interview. At Embrace, we use terms like she/her and mother for simplicity in general communication, while recognising that not everyone who gives birth identifies as female or as a mother, and we are committed to using each person's correct pronouns and language at every visit.

How Does This Fit With Embrace's Approach to Inclusive Care?

Gender affirming care sits alongside other ways Embrace has thought carefully about inclusive practice, including neuroaffirming GP care for neurodivergent patients, where unhurried appointments and flexible communication remove pressure to mask or perform. The same underlying approach applies here: care that starts from where the patient actually is, not from an assumption about who they should be.

Sensitive health conversations more broadly, including reproductive and sexual health, are also something our GPs handle directly and without rushing, which matters just as much in a gender affirming care context.

How Do You Book an Appointment?

You can book online or by phone, the same as any other Embrace appointment. If you are unsure which GP is the right fit, our team page lists everyone currently taking new patients, and our reception team can help match you with the right doctor for your needs.

Gender affirming care, done properly, is simply good general practice. It means listening first, treating people with the respect every patient deserves, and building a relationship over time rather than starting from scratch at every visit.