Gender Dysphoria and Transition

Gender Dysphoria and Transition: Testimony From Transgender People

Persons with gender dysphoria present the difficulties of access to health care. Little time is devoted to education of health professionals about the care of transgender persons. According to the proposal of the French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health there is a need to increase knowledge in this area and to improve the care of transgender people including prevention and screening.

Similarly, little is known about social and medical needs of the transgender population.

This project proposes to illustrate gender dysphoria through testimonies of transgender people with the aim to increase the investigator's understanding aout the needs and the desires of this population and to describe the process of medical and social transition.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Person affiliated to a social security system
• Person having received complete information on the organisation of the research and having signed the informed consent
• Person having carried out a prior clinical examination adapted to the research
• Age> 18 years
• Diagnosis of gender incongruence (dysphoria) according to the international classification of diseases, revision 11

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe, uncontrolled psychiatric or somatic illness
• Substance and alcohol addiction
• Pregnancy