The network
The network
The Dutch-language gender network is built from specialist sites. Every site does one thing sharply. Below is the complete landscape, per category.
Broad overviews
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.
Science and medical context
English-language dossier: how a Dutch experiment on 55 adolescents became the global standard, and how countries have been stepping back since 2020.
Documentation project on the VUmc protocol for gender care for minors. Scientific basis, evaluations, criticism, timeline.
Who's who of the gender debate: profiles of clinicians, researchers, activists and institutions, with publications, funding and conflicts of interest.
Analysis of the concept of "gender identity": a theoretical construct, not a biological fact. Circular reasoning, unfalsifiability, weak evidence base.
Data dossier: peer-reviewed research on side effects, complications, outcomes and prevalence of gender care.
Dutch branch of the international Genspect network — an international alliance of parents and clinicians advocating evidence-based, exploratory gender care.
Information site on puberty blockers, aimed at Flanders — how they work, the risks, and the international reassessment of their use in young people.
GnRH agonists in youth gender care — mechanism, off-label status, bone health, brain development, fertility, the Dutch Protocol and the international reassessment.
Reference work on transgender identity as a psychological, scientific and historical concept. Definitions, causes, comorbidity, history, prevalence.
For those harmed by transition: physically, mentally, socially. Stories, legal options, helplines, claims against clinics.
Analysis of the WPATH guidelines (SOC8) and their influence on Dutch gender care, with attention to the WPATH Files.
Care and policy
Critical dossier on the Dutch Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Act: explanation, criticism, fundamental rights and the trans and gender dimension.
How gender identity entered Dutch policy — legislation, education, youth care, sport, shelters, prisons, lobbying.
Concerns about Dutch gender care: waiting times, lack of transparency, missing long-term research, complaints from patients and family.
Citizens' initiative monitoring Dutch gender care — clinics, figures, waiting times, reports, oversight.
A gender-critical look at Dutch trans policy — facts and background on gender policy issues.
Legal dossier — the Dutch Transgender Act, the withdrawn 2021 self-ID bill, the UN Women's Convention, the ECtHR and For Women Scotland (UK Supreme Court, April 2025).
Society and debate
What LGBTIQA+ politics costs in language, education, government, business, activism and law. Dossiers with figures, sources and references.
Stories, facts and sources on the harm of gender ideology. Medical harm, intolerance, consequences for women's sport, shelters, family and language.
News blog on incidents and absurdities in the gender debate. Short pieces on current events, sharp tone.
What is gender ideology, where does it come from and what does it mean for healthcare, law and education? Analyses, core claims, timeline and countries — with sources.
A voice for the silent majority. Polls, anonymous submissions, conversation guides for the kitchen table.
Facts and sources on gender ideology in healthcare, legislation, sport, education and language. Articles, fact checks and scientific research, critically annotated.
Social-psychological analysis of the movement through academic cult research (Lifton, Hassan, Singer, Langone).
Essays on the ethical questions around medical transition and self-identification: informed consent, irreversibility, paediatric ethics, detrans, conflicting rights.
Community and audiences
Main site of the Belgian parents' association Cry for Recognition — news, featured dossiers and detransition stories.
Support group for parents of a child with gender dysphoria — critical of medical transition, with psychotherapy first. Dutch site of the Belgian organisation Cry for Recognition.
For parents of children and young people with gender questions: informed consent, recognising signals, research and peer support.
A place for voices that don't fit the mainstream narrative — detrans, parents, dissident trans people, professionals with doubts.
Newspaper-style overview of Dutch trans practice: policy, clinics, figures, dossiers.
A place for all voices from the trans community — including voices airbrushed out of official activism (detrans, dissidents, parents, professionals).
Online check: 50 yes/no questions for anyone wondering "am I trans?". Anonymous, honest answer on screen, no email required.
For parents of a child with gender questions: signals, puberty blockers and hormones, the Cass Review, autism and social media, and where to find help.
A compass through the field of gender care — for those who want informed consent. Decision support, routes and risks per decision.
For parents of children and young people with gender questions — informed consent, signals, alternatives to "affirmation only", peer support.
A place for information, debate and critical questions around transition and gender. Host of the Transcheck.
Signpost for anyone seeking informed consent on gender care and transition. Encyclopaedic, with sources cited for every claim.
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