Stability After Legal Gender Change Among Adults With Gender Dysphoria
In this cohort study using national population registry data, a significant proportion of participants with GD in Sweden obtained legal gender change within 10 years of follow-up. Despite significant growth of the population with GD, the probability of legal gender stability during the 10-year study period was high, at almost 98%. These results highlight that legal gender reversal was an infrequent occurrence in a national sample.
Authors
- Alkistis Skalkidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4935-7532)
- Georgios Karamanis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6769-3022)
- Malin Indremo
- Richard White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-1726)
- Thomas Frisell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-9626)
- Kristen D. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-4560)
- Fatih Özel
- Fotios C. Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-3652)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Science for Life Laboratory (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Department of Medical Sciences (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27780
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00