ikbentrans.nl

About this site

Ikbentrans.nl shares stories from the inside: from people who have been, or still are, ‘trans’. Stories that fall outside mainstream PR — about doubt, detransition and finding yourself again — grounded in the Cass Review and Littman’s work.

What you’ll find on ikbentrans.nl

• Three opening excerpts: “The penny dropped at Albert Heijn”, “The therapist never asked why” and “I didn’t become a woman. I already was one”
• In-depth files on identity, transition and the way back
• A dedicated section on detransition
• Suggestions on where to start as a reader

For whom

For anyone who calls or called themselves trans and is looking for stories that resemble their own experience — including the uncomfortable parts. And for loved ones who want to understand what someone is going through.

Related in the network: mijngender.nl for letters and diary excerpts, transspijt.nl about regret and detransition, and transgemeenschap.nl for all the voices from the community.

Part of the gender network

ikbentrans.nl 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.

Explore further: browse the category broad overviews, science and medical context, care and policy, society and debate or community and audiences — or go to the full network overview and the external resources beyond the network.