dutchprotocol.com

About this site

Dutchprotocol.com is the English-language dossier on the Dutch Protocol: how a Dutch experiment on 55 adolescents became the global standard for irreversible interventions in minors — and why countries have been reversing course since 2020. Factual, referenced, and designed for an international audience.

What you'll find on dutchprotocol.com

• What actually happened: the original cohort and its follow-up
• The evidence in four figures and the so-called “scientific basis”
• The business model — follow the money
• International rollout, evaluations, and the turn (Cass, SBU, COHERE, Ukom)
• Criticism, harm, and legal battles, including detransition and desistance research
• Reference material: FAQ, timeline 1972–present, people index, glossary, and press kit

Who it is for

For clinicians, journalists, policymakers, and parents outside the Netherlands who want to understand where the protocol came from, what the evidence actually shows, and why country after country is restricting its use.

Related in the network: dutchprotocol.nl (the Dutch dossier), puberteitsremmers.nl and genderrisico.nl.

Part of the gender network

dutchprotocol.com is one of more than forty specialist sites in the Dutch-language gender network of Stichting Genderinfo i.o. Every site in the network covers one subject in depth: from science and medical facts to care, legislation, the public debate and support for specific audiences. That way you always find the site that answers your question most sharply. Note: most network sites are in Dutch.

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