Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria in Israel: Increasing Referral and Fertility Preservation Rates

Reproductive functions and fertility preservation in transgender women: a French case series

“…In particular, some studies relying on questionnaires reveal that information about reproductive functions and fertility preservation opportunities is more and more systematic during the transition process (Baram et al, 2019). The majority of transgender men and women interviewed stated that they wanted to become parents, but few of them actually benefitted from fertility preservation techniques (Riggs and Bartholomaeus, 2018, Chen et al, 2019, Segev-Becker et al, 2020. This may be due to several factors.…”

Psychological factors of gender dysphoria in adolescents: A systematic review

“…It is emphasized that the treatment assigned to the diagnosis of gender dysphoria is hormone therapy and surgical interventions to reassign sex (53). In general, all human beings can from childhood to adulthood possibility of being able to experience a dichotomy related to transgender conversion.…”

Reproductive health risks and clinician practices with gender diverse adolescents and young adults

“…[25][26][27][28] In contrast, studies among TGD AYA report variable rates of fertility preservation, ranging from <5% in the United States, 29,30 to higher rates of sperm cryopreservation in other countries such as the Netherlands, Australia, and Israel. [31][32][33] It is possible these rates are higher in countries where fertility preservation is covered by a national health plan, as opposed to the United States where coverage by public or private insurance is challenging.…”

“…However, the results are controversial. For example, some researchers have reported that SARS-CoV-2 was not detected in the male reproductive tract, [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] while others reported that SARS-CoV-2 RNA was found in the semen or testes of COVID-19 patients. 35,36 There are also unknown factors regarding COVID-19 and male reproduction.…”