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Science and medical context
Sites on research, protocols, medical facts and the international reassessment.
This category bundles the network sites that highlight the scientific and medical side of gender: what peer-reviewed research says about puberty blockers, hormones and surgery, how the Dutch Protocol emerged and became the global standard, and why countries such as the United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland have been reassessing their gender care for minors since 2020.
All sites work with source citations — from the Cass Review and systematic reviews to the WPATH Files — so you can verify every claim yourself.
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.
Where do you start?
For the numbers on side effects, complications and outcomes, start at genderrisico.nl. Puberteitsremmers.nl and the Flemish puberteitsblokkers.nl cover GnRH agonists: mechanism, off-label status, bone health, brain development and fertility. The history of the Dutch protocol is on dutchprotocol.nl, with dutchprotocol.com as the English-language dossier for international readers.
Conceptual analyses are on genderid.nl (gender identity as a theoretical construct) and transgenderidentiteit.nl (reference work on definitions, causes, comorbidity and prevalence). Wpath.nl analyses the WPATH guidelines and the WPATH Files, genderexperts.nl profiles the clinicians, researchers and institutions in the debate, genspect.nl is the Dutch branch of the international network for evidence-based gender care, and transitieschade.nl documents physical, mental and social harm after transition.
Explore further: care and policy for Dutch practice, society and debate for the wider discussion, or the external resources with international evaluations such as the Cass Review.