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Baudewijntje Kreukels and transgender people

Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels is a Dutch psychologist.

Selected publications

Morssinkhof MWL, Schipper M, Kreukels BPC, et al. Changes in affect variability after starting gender‑affirming hormone therapy. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025;175:107408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107408

Nielsen SR, Sørensen CL, Garsdal DJ, et al. Brain changes in transgender and gender‑diverse individuals undergoing gender‑affirming hormone therapy: A scoping review. J Sex Med. 2025;22(Suppl 2):qdaf077. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf077.268

Morssinkhof M, Millet N, Zoppolat G, Stieglitz S, et al. Disentangling the biopsychosocial effects of gender‑affirming hormone therapy on social health: A protocol for a multi‑arm prospective cohort study (AFFIRM). OSF Preprint. 2025.

Koehler A, Becker‑Hebly I, Elaut E, Kreukels BPC, et al. Traditional and individual care pathways in gender‑affirming healthcare for transgender and gender‑diverse individuals: Results from the ENIGI follow‑up study. Int J Impot Res. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-025-01085-8

Schipper M, Morssinkhof MWL, Kreukels BPC, et al. Perceived stress during gender‑affirming hormone therapy: A comparative study of feminizing and masculinizing hormone therapy in an international multicenter cohort. medRxiv. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.01.25326821

Elsawy, M., Zheng, Z., Kreukels, B. P. C., Witteveen, A. B., Cuijpers, P., Fatima, S., de Vries, R., & Sijbrandij, M. (2025). The Mental Health of Trans and Gender-Diverse Populations: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews with or Without Meta-Analysis. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5164522

Stolk, T. H. R., van den Boogaard, E., van Riet, N. M. A., Kreukels, B. P. C., Huirne, J. A. F., Asseler, J. D., & van Mello, N. M. (2025). Longitudinal reproductive healthcare pathways of transmasculine people. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2025.2480705

Gieles, N. C., Kreukels, B. P. C., den Heijer, M., & Both, S. (2025). Exploring subjective and genital sexual response in transgender women upon addition of low-dose testosterone to feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy: a feasibility study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 22(5), 937–944. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf041

van der Meulen IS, Arnoldussen M, et al. Known limitations and shared prioritization of sexual wellbeing: Response to Letter to the Editor. J Sex Med. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf031

van Heesewijk, J. O., de Groot, I. L., Dreijerink, K. M. A., Wiepjes, C. M., Kok, A. A. L., van Schoor, N. M., Huisman, M., Heijer, M. den, & Kreukels, B. P. C. (2025). Mental health outcomes and loneliness in older transgender individuals receiving long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy compared with older cisgender individuals. International Psychogeriatrics, 100049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100049

van der Miesen AIR, Rao S, Fischbach AL, Kreukels BPC, et al. “I bet being trans in The Netherlands is like living in the future”: Could The Netherlands serve as an imperfect gold‑standard comparator for transgender youth. Int J Transgend Health. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2025.2464238

Vestering, A., van de Grift, T. C., Groenman, F. A., Huirne, J. A. F., Kreukels, B. P. C., & van Mello, N. M. (2025). Gynecological gender-affirming surgeries: what are the motivations and experiences? A qualitative study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 22(3), 517–525. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdae183

van der Meulen IS, Bungener SL, Kreukels BPC, et al. Timing of puberty suppression in transgender adolescents and sexual functioning after vaginoplasty. J Sex Med. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdae152

Gieles NC, Gerritse K, Zandbergen E, Kreukels BPC, (2024). “No one told me how this could be pleasurable” A Qualitative Focus Group Study into Experiences and Needs of Transgender People in Addressing Sexuality in the Context of Gender-Affirming Medical Care in The Netherlands. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 51(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2024.2402315

Burke S, Troost D, Hoekzema E, Veltman D, Kreukels BPC, Bakker, J. (2024). Mapping hypothalamic development in transgender and cisgender youth. Springer https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4883317/v1

Gieles NC, Kroon MAGM, Both S, Kreukels BPC, et al. Addition of testosterone to endocrine care for transgender women: A dose‑finding and feasibility trial. Eur J Endocrinol. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-23-0582

de Rooy FBB, Arnoldussen M, Kreukels BPC, et al. Mental health evaluation of younger and older adolescents referred to the Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Arch Sex Behav. 2024;53(3):715-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-####### [pending exact suffix]

De Cuypere G, Gijs L, Kreukels BPC, Steensma TD, de Vries ALC [eds.] (2013). Care for Adults with Gender Dysphoria. In: Gender Dysphoria and Disorders of Sex Development: Progress in Care and Knowledge. Focus on Sexuality Research. Springer; 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7441-8_12

Kreukels BPC, Steensma TD, de Vries ALC [eds.] (2013). Gender Dysphoria and Disorders of Sex Development: Progress in Care and Knowledge. Focus on Sexuality Research. Springer; 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7441-8

  • de Vries ALC, Kreukels BPC, Steensma TD, McGuire JK. Gender identity development, a biopsychosocial perspective. In: Kreukels BPC, Steensma TD, de Vries ALC, eds. Gender Dysphoria and Disorders of Sex Development: Progress in Care and Knowledge. Focus on Sexuality Research. Springer; 2013:53–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7441-8_3

Resources

Amsterdam UMC (amsterdamumc.org)