Category
Broad overviews
Sites that survey the whole gender field — encyclopaedias, guides and portals.
Most sites in the gender network cover one clearly defined subject: a law, a medicine, an audience. The broad overview sites do the opposite: they give the complete picture. Here you will find encyclopaedic reference works on gender and gender care, practical guides through the Dutch care landscape, accessible introductions for beginners and collections of personal stories.
Start here if you do not yet know exactly what you are looking for. From every overview you are referred on to the specialist sites that go deeper — from science and policy to detransition and the public debate.
Overview of gender identities and gender-related topics, from non-binary to detransition and the Cass Review.
Personal site of Edward Jansen, initiator of the network — on the background and approach of the projects of Stichting Genderinfo i.o.
A first introduction to gender for beginners — parents, teachers, teenagers. Plain Dutch, question-and-answer format, 73 pages.
Portal site: topic index that links through to the right site in the network. This site.
Broad information on gender, gender care and the public debate. Basics, identities, medical, legal, society, science, young people and policy.
For those who have been or still are "trans": stories that fall outside the mainstream PR. Also detrans, doubt, finding yourself again.
Letters and diary fragments: personal stories about transition, doubt and finding yourself again — critical of the gender-affirmative frame.
Practical guide through the Dutch gender care landscape, with attention to risks, alternatives and informed consent.
Personal stories and research on transition regret and detransition. Experiences from the Netherlands and abroad, figures from peer-reviewed research, and a legal dossier on medical liability in gender care.
Which starting point suits you?
Looking for factual basics? Start at genderinfo.nl — the network's broadest encyclopaedia, from identities and medical facts to law and policy. For a first introduction in plain Dutch, gender123.nl is written for parents, teachers and teenagers. Alfabetbende.nl deciphers the jargon with overviews of gender identities and abbreviations from the LGBTQ+ vocabulary.
Navigating Dutch gender care? Transgids.nl shows the way past clinics, waiting times, risks and alternatives. For personal stories there are mijngender.nl and ikbentrans.nl; transspijt.nl combines experiences of transition regret and detransition with peer-reviewed research and a legal dossier. The background of the network itself is on edwardjansen.nl.
Ready to go deeper? Explore the other categories: science and medical context, care and policy, society and debate and community and audiences — or consult the external resources beyond the network.