Reference studies and articles

A list of reference documents on transgender science

Note many of these contain further references.

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Treating Transgender Youth: The Danger of Gender Identity Conversion Therapy

Debunking Pseudoscience

10-2021

Open

P

Study shows HRT benefits transgender adolescents

Treatment

12-2021

Open

P

Study Dispels ROGD myth

Debunking Pseudoscience

12-2021

Open

G

Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth

Treatment

06-2018

Open

P

Factors Predictive of Regret in Sex Reassignment

Regret/Detransition

04-1998

Open

P

Factors Associated with Satisfaction or Regret Following Male-to-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery

Regret/Detransition

08-2003

Open

P

Detransition rates in a national UK Gender Identity Clinic

Regret/Detransition

04-2019

Open

A

GRA EQIA Literature Search

Effects

10-2019

Open

P

A Minority Stress Perspective on Transgender Individuals’ Experiences With Misgendering

Effects

11-2016

Open

P

Differences in Health Risk Behaviors Across Understudied LGBT Subgroups

Effects

09-2015

Open

P

Trends in suicide death risk in transgender people: results from the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria study (1972–2017)

Effects

02-2020

Open

A

Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults

Effects

06-2013

Open

V

Healthcare of the Transgender Patient

Treatment

05-2019

Open

R

The Link between Discrimination and Worst Point Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults

Effects

07-2019

Open

P

Sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation

Gender Development

12-2010

Open

P

Neurobiology of gender identity and sexual orientation

Gender Development

08-2019

Open

A

The end of the ‘desistance’ myth?

Regret/Detransition

12-2017

Open

A

Gillick competency and body autonomy for transgender youth

Treatment

01-2020

Open

R

Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden

Effects

02-2011

Open

A

About Sex Biology

Sex Determination

12-2019

Open

P

Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation

Treatment

01-2020

Open

P

Boston IVF Announces Results of Landmark Transgender Male Fertility Research Study

Treatment

01-2020

Open

P

A critical commentary on follow-up studies and “desistance” theories about
transgender and gender non-conforming children.

Regret/Detransition

04-2018

Open

A

Puberty Blockers – Overview of the research

Treatment

06-2020

Open

V

Stanford lecture series of Human Behavioural Biology

Diversity

04-2010

Open

A

The Autogynephilia Theory Debunked by New German Study

Debunking Pseudoscience

05-2020

Open

G

Gender Dysphoria/Gender Incongruence Guideline Resources

Treatment

09-2017

Open

P

Evidence Supporting the Biologic Nature of Gender Identity

Gender Development

02-2015

Open

A

Transsexual differences caught on brain scan

Brain Differences

01-2011

Open

A

Is There Something Unique about the Transgender Brain?

Brain Differences

01-2016

Open

A

Sex Differences in the Brain

Brain Differences

09-2015

Open

A

Are the Brains of Transgender People Different from Those of Cisgender People?

Brain Differences

02-2018

Open

V

Gender Dysphoria and Brain Function

Brain Differences

05-2018

Open

P

Effects of chromosomal sex and hormonal influences on shaping sex differences in brain and behavior: Lessons from cases of disorders of sex development

Brain Differences

11-2016

Open

P

Sex and gender affect the social brain: Beyond simplicity

Brain Differences

09-2016

Open

P

Sex on the brain: Are gender?dependent structural and functional differences associated with behavior?

Brain Differences

11=2016

Open

A

Researchers discover clues to brain differences between males and females

Brain Differences

03-2019

Open

A

Study investigates brain structure of transgender people

Brain Differences

03-2018

Open

A

Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity

Brain Differences

10-2016

Open

A

Transgender brains are more like their desired gender from an early age

Brain Differences

05-2018

Open

A

Male-to-Female Transsexuals Have Female Neuron Numbers in a Limbic Nucleus

Brain Differences

05-2000

Open

A

Everything You Need to Know About Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

Debunking Pseudoscience

08-2018

Open

A

Autogynephilia: a theory that ignores lived experiences and basic mathematics

Debunking Pseudoscience

03-2018

Open

A

The real "autogynephilia deniers"

Debunking Pseudoscience

07-2015

Open

A

Origins of "Social Contagion" and "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria"

Debunking Pseudoscience

02-2019

Open

A

Denying the Neuroscience of Sex Difference

Debunking Pseudoscience

03-2019

Open

A

We have the wrong idea about males, females and sex

Diversity

06-2016

Open

A

Sexuality and Gender

Diversity

04-2008

Open

A

New Study Reveals Shocking Rates of Attempted Suicide Among Trans Adolescents

Effects

09-2018

Open

A

Trans Key Stats (Stonewall)

Effects

12-2014

Open

Reference studies and articles

A

Treating Transgender Youth: The Danger of Gender Identity Conversion Therapy

P

Study shows HRT benefits transgender adolescents

P

Study Dispels ROGD myth

G

Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth

P

Factors Predictive of Regret in Sex Reassignment

P

Factors Associated with Satisfaction or Regret Following Male-to-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery

P

Detransition rates in a national UK Gender Identity Clinic

A

GRA EQIA Literature Search

P

A Minority Stress Perspective on Transgender Individuals’ Experiences With Misgendering

P

Differences in Health Risk Behaviors Across Understudied LGBT Subgroups

P

Trends in suicide death risk in transgender people: results from the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria study (1972–2017)

A

Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults

V

Healthcare of the Transgender Patient

R

The Link between Discrimination and Worst Point Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults

P

Sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation

P

Neurobiology of gender identity and sexual orientation

A

The end of the ‘desistance’ myth?

A

Gillick competency and body autonomy for transgender youth

R

Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden

A

About Sex Biology

P

Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation

P

Boston IVF Announces Results of Landmark Transgender Male Fertility Research Study

P

A critical commentary on follow-up studies and “desistance” theories abouttransgender and gender non-conforming children.

A

Puberty Blockers – Overview of the research

V

Stanford lecture series of Human Behavioural Biology

A

The Autogynephilia Theory Debunked by New German Study

G

Gender Dysphoria/Gender Incongruence Guideline Resources

P

Evidence Supporting the Biologic Nature of Gender Identity

A

Transsexual differences caught on brain scan

A

Is There Something Unique about the Transgender Brain?

A

Sex Differences in the Brain

A

Are the Brains of Transgender People Different from Those of Cisgender People?

V

Gender Dysphoria and Brain Function

P

Effects of chromosomal sex and hormonal influences on shaping sex differences in brain and behavior: Lessons from cases of disorders of sex development

P

Sex and gender affect the social brain: Beyond simplicity

P

Sex on the brain: Are gender?dependent structural and functional differences associated with behavior?

A

Researchers discover clues to brain differences between males and females

A

Study investigates brain structure of transgender people

A

Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity

A

A critical commentary on follow-up studies and “desistance” theories about
transgender and gender non-conforming children.