Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria explained

The Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria (CEGD), or the Kennis- en Zorgcentrum Genderdysforie (KZcG), is a transgender clinic at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location VUmc in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^{[1] [2]} It opened in 1972 and is one of the largest transgender clinics and research institutes in the world. As of 2021, it has treated about 10,000 transgender people since it opened almost 50 years previously. The clinic was first headed by Louis Gooren.^[3]

See also

• European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (ENIGI)
• NHS Gender Identity Development Service

External links

• Center of Expertise on Gender Dypshoria - VUMC
• Kennis- en Zorgcentrum Genderdysforie - VUMC

Notes and References

1. Wiepjes CM, Nota NM, de Blok CJ, Klaver M, de Vries AL, Wensing-Kruger SA, de Jongh RT, Bouman MB, Steensma TD, Cohen-Kettenis P, Gooren LJ, Kreukels BP, den Heijer M . The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets . J Sex Med . 15 . 4 . 582–590 . April 2018 . 29463477 . 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.016 .
2. Book: Een Halve Eeuw Transgenderzorg aan de VU . 2020 . Half a Century of Transgender Care at the VU . Dutch . Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam . Amsterdam, Netherlands . 9789024437306 . 1231709484 .
3. Book: D. F. Swaab. We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's. 7 January 2014. Random House Publishing Group. 978-0-679-64437-8. 68–.