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ea0032p333 | Developmental Endocrinology | ECE2013

Changes in sexual orientation in gender identity disorder: evaluation of their association to sex reassignment surgery and cross-sex hormone treatment

Auer Matthias , Fuss Johannes , Athanasoulia Anasthasia , Stalla Guenter , Sievers Caroline

Objective: Sexual orientation in males and females is considered to be determined in early life and to be virtually unchangeable in the course of adulthood. In contrast some transsexuals report a change in their sexual orientation most overt following sex reassignment procedures. The reason for this phenomenon is unknown.Methods: We asked 106 transsexual (66 MtF and 40 FtM) patients from our endocrine outpatient clinic to complete a questionnaire, retros...