Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria

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.^[1][2] As of 2021, it has treated about 10,000 transgender people since it opened almost 50 years previously.^[2] 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

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 (April 2018). "The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets". J Sex Med. 15 (4): 582–590. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.016. PMID 29463477.
2. Een Halve Eeuw Transgenderzorg aan de VU [Half a Century of Transgender Care at the VU] (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam. 2020. ISBN 9789024437306. OCLC 1231709484.
3. D. F. Swaab (7 January 2014). We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's. Random House Publishing Group. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-0-679-64437-8.

External links

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