wpath.nl

About this site

Wpath.nl takes a close look at the WPATH guidelines: a critical analysis of the Standards of Care Version 8 (SOC8) and their impact on Dutch gender healthcare — including the 2024 WPATH Files.

What you’ll find on wpath.nl

• What is WPATH and why this dossier?
• SOC8 and its scientific weaknesses
• The WPATH Files (2024) and political influence
• WPATH and corporate money: what the funding reveals about the architects of the SOC
• Alternative guidelines and the Cass Review
• Legal cases and conflicts of interest

For whom

For clinicians, policymakers and journalists who want to understand which guidelines underpin Dutch gender healthcare — and how robust that foundation really is.

Related in the network: dutchprotocol.nl on the protocol, genspect.nl for evidence-based care, and genderexperts.nl for the expert guide.

Part of the gender network

wpath.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.