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Patterns of Referral to a Gender Identity Service for Children and Adolescents (1976–2011): Age, Sex Ratio, and Sexual Orientation
Hayley Wood,Shoko Sasaki,Susan J. Bradley,Devita Singh,Sophia Fantus,Allison Owen-Anderson,Alexander Di Giacomo,Jerald Bain,Kenneth J. Zucker +8 more
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This Letter provides information on a new cohort of adolescents (2008–2011) and considers more carefully some other demographic factors, including the sex ratio, thesex ratio by age intervals, and the sexual orientation of the adolescent patients.Abstract:
In a previous Letter to the Editor (Zucker, Bradley, Owen-Anderson, Kibblewhite, & Cantor, 2008), we provided data on the number of referred children and adolescents to a specialized gender identit...read more
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Evidence for an altered sex ratio in clinic-referred adolescents with gender dysphoria.
Madison Aitken,Thomas D. Steensma,Ray Blanchard,Doug P. VanderLaan,Hayley Wood,Amanda Fuentes,Cathy C. Spegg,Lori Wasserman,Megan Ames,C. Lindsay Fitzsimmons,Jonathan H. Leef,Victoria Lishak,Elyse Reim,Anna Takagi,Julia Vinik,Julia Wreford,Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis,Annelou L. C. de Vries,Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels,Kenneth J. Zucker +19 more
TL;DR: Sociological and sociocultural explanations are offered to account for this recent inversion in the sex ratio of adolescents with gender dysphoria.
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Epidemiology of gender dysphoria and transgender identity.
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Gender identity development in adolescence.
Thomas D. Steensma,Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels,Annelou L. C. de Vries,Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis +3 more
TL;DR: The period of adolescence, with its changing social environment and the onset of physical puberty, seems to be crucial for the development of a non-normative gender identity.
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Two years of gender identity service for minors: overrepresentation of natal girls with severe problems in adolescent development.
TL;DR: The findings do not fit the commonly accepted image of a gender dysphoric minor and treatment guidelines need to consider gender dysphoria in minors in the context of severe psychopathology and developmental difficulties.
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An Analysis of All Applications for Sex Reassignment Surgery in Sweden, 1960–2010: Prevalence, Incidence, and Regrets
Cecilia Dhejne,Katarina Görts Öberg,Katarina Görts Öberg,Stefan Arver,Stefan Arver,Mikael Landén,Mikael Landén +6 more
TL;DR: There was a significant decline of regrets over the time period, and the proportion of FM individuals 30 years or older at the time of application remained stable around 30 %.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders in Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents
Annelou L. C. de Vries,Ilse Noens,Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis,Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes,Theo A. H. Doreleijers +4 more
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Demographics, Behavior Problems, and Psychosexual Characteristics of Adolescents with Gender Identity Disorder or Transvestic Fetishism
Kenneth J. Zucker,Susan J. Bradley,Allison Owen-Anderson,Sarah J. Kibblewhite,Hayley Wood,Devita Singh,Kathryn Choi +6 more
TL;DR: Male and female gender identity disorder patients with a homosexual sexual orientation had more recalled cross-gender behavior during childhood and more concurrent cross- gender behavior and gender dysphoria than did patients witha nonhomosexual sexual orientation.
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