transgenderidentiteit.nl

About this site

Transgenderidentiteit.nl is the knowledge base on transgender identity as a psychological, scientific, and historical concept. Evidence carefully weighed, numbered references, and deliberately without treatment advice.

What you’ll find on transgenderidentiteit.nl

• What transgender identity is, and the difference between sex and gender
• State of the science: causes, typologies, and comorbidities
• The Cass Review, persistence and desistance, Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
• History and prevalence in the Netherlands
• Key studies and methodological critiques
• Overview of gender identities

For whom

For students, clinicians, journalists, and readers looking for a reference work: every claim is numbered and sourced, including clinical perspectives and practical implications.

Related within the network: genderid.nl for conceptual critiques, genderrisico.nl for the numbers, and genderinfo.nl for the broad encyclopedia.

Part of the gender network

transgenderidentiteit.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.