Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: Research indicates that a significant portion of transgender women are involved in sex work, which is mostly attributed to discrimination of transgender persons on the labour market. Transition-related health risk behaviour, such as uncontrolled hormone use, auto-medication and the use of silicone injections, may lead to several adverse health outcomes for transgender persons. Transgender sex workers are a vulnerable group within the transgender population...

Introduction: Quality of life in transsexual persons after transition is among the most important outcome factors.Methods: A specialist center cross-sectional study in 193 transsexual women and 128 transsexual men (mean age 42.5 years) after on average 7.4 years of cross-sex hormone therapy and 6.6 years since sex reassignment surgery (SRS), compared to an age-and gender matched control population (1 to 3 matching). Self-reported physical and mental heal...

Introduction: Hormonal therapy is part of an established treatment of gender identity disorder, however outcome data regarding mortality and morbidity are scant.Methods: A specialist center cross-sectional study in 193 transsexual women and 128 transsexual men (mean age 42.5 years) assessing physical health and incidence of possible treatment related adverse events compared to an age-matched female and male control group recruited from a population study...

Objectives: Gender affirming hormonal and/or surgical care is associated with reduced fertility. Over the last years, the options for transgender persons to fulfill their child wish have increased. Previous research (mainly focused on transgender persons visiting health care professionals) on fertility in transgender persons assigned female at birth (AFAB) shows low fertility preservation utilization. Ideas and concerns of AFAB transgender persons regarding fertility preservat...

Objectives: Transgender persons undergoing gender affirming hormonal and/or surgical care, are at risk of reduced fertility. Although theoretically, the options for assigned male at birth (AMAB) transgender people to fulfill their child wish are extensive, research in transgender women shows low fertility preservation utilization. Ideas and concerns of AMAB transgender persons regarding fertility preservation and child wish have never been reported in a large, non-clinical sam...