Reproductive wish in transsexual men
- Feb 26
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Important note: this clinical study was not originally published in English -- likely in Dutch. There may be some translation errors.
Authors: Katrien Wierckx1*†, Eva Van Caenegem1†, Guido Pennings2, Els Elaut3, David Dedecker1, Fleur Van de Peer1, Steven Weyers4, Petra De Sutter4, and Guy T’Sjoen1
† These authors contributed equally to this work.
This clinical study from 2011, published from the Department of Sexology and Gender Problems at the University Hospital Ghent in Belgium studies the reproductive wishes of fifty (50) transsexual men. Through a conducted poll, the researchers state that the majority of transsexual men are both in a relationship and also the desire to have children.
However, they affirm that "our data reveal that the majority of transsexual men desire to have children" but in their actual data, that number is 54%. That is certainly over half, but nowhere close the ability to claim the majority of trans men want children, especially since they polled a small sample of only Dutch-speaking trans men. That is my only issue with the study on the surface.
Human Reproduction, Vol.27, No.2
pp. 483–487, 2012
doi:10.1093/humrep/der406
Key words: gender identity disorder, transsexualism, gamete preservation, reproductive wish, transsexual, pregnancy
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Language: English
Resource type: clinical study, research paper
Format: PDF
Date (originally) published: October 26th, 2011
Uploaded to TGA: February 26th, 2026
Last updated: February 26th, 2026
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