Body Image in Young Gender Dysphoric Adults: A European Multi-Center Study.

The alteration of sex-specific body features and the establishment of a satisfactory body image are known to be particularly relevant for individuals with Gender Dysphoria (GD). The aim of the study was to first develop new scales and examine the psychometric properties of the Hamburg Body Drawing Scale (Appelt & Strauß 1988). For the second part of this study, the satisfaction with different body features in young GD adults before cross-sex treatment were compared to female and male controls.

Sexual behavior of gender-dysphoric individuals before gender-confirming interventions: a European multicenter study.

A transsexual course of development that starts before puberty (early onset) or during or after puberty, respectively (late onset), may lead to diverse challenges in coping with sexual activity. The authors explored the sexual behavior of 380 adult male-to-female and female-to-male individuals diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR criteria who had not yet undergone gender-confirming interventions. Data originated from the European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence Initiative, conducted in Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, and Norway.

Age of onset and sexual orientation in transsexual males and females.

Introduction: With regard to transsexual developments, onset age (OA) appears to be the starting point of different psychosexual pathways.

Aim: To explore differences between transsexual adults with an early vs. late OA.