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Transgender and reproduction
Life satisfaction in trans persons ~ positively having children Parenting children ~ suicide protective factor
Loss of fertility ~ perceived as problematic
70% of those who enter the clinic trans request full treatment (in total 50% of all trans people)
Release tremendous burden of having a price to pay for going through life in a gender they identify themselves with
Being trans in the EU, comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey data by the European Union Agency of Fundamental Rights (2014) T’sjoen G. et al. J.Sex Med. 2017 Dec 14(12): 1494‐1495
Dierckx M. et al. Int. Rev. Psychiatry 2016 28(1): 36‐43
Transgender and reproduction Full treatment:
9 months – 1 year
Diagnostic phase
Mental health professional (1/6 weeks)
DSM criteria (DSM‐5) ICD‐10
1 year
Hormonal phase
Psychosocial evaluation (1/2 months)
Real life experience ‐> real life therapy
6 to 9 months after SRS
Sex reassignment surgery
Genital reconstruction
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