Table 3.
Responses to the question ‘Would you proceed with gonadectomy if it were not a requirement for legal gender affirmation?’, subdivided by gender identity groups, groups with/without parental desire, having accessed transgender care, people who underwent psychological evaluation, who initiated gender affirming hormones, who underwent orchiectomy, groups based upon educational level, geographical region and mother language. This question was not answered by 46 people (18.1%). Percentages are based on the total number of participants who answered this question. Differences between groups were calculated by Fisher’s exact t test. Other factors that did not significantly affect the responses among the study population (sexual attraction (P-values range 0.182–0.779), parental desire: P = 0.187, educational level: P = 0.604, economic status: P = 0.178) were not included.
| Would you proceed with gonadectomy? | Yes | No | I don’t know | Not applicable | Differences between groups | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 100 (48.1%) | 50 (24.0%) | 37 (17.8%) | 21 (10.1%) | ||
| Gender identity | Transgender women | 94 (60.3%) | 27 (17.3%) | 27 (17.3%) | 8 (5.1%) | P < 0.001 |
| Gender non binary | 4 (9.8%) | 22 (53.7%) | 8 (19.5%) | 7 (17.1%) | ||
| Cross-dressers | 2 (18.2%) | 1 (9.1%) | 2 (18.2%) | 6 (54.2%) | ||
| Parental desire | Yes | 25 (58.1%) | 11 (25.6%) | 5 (11.6%) | 2 (4.7%) | P = 0.187 |
| No | 65 (43.0%) | 37 (24.5%) | 31 (20.5%) | 18 (11.9%) | ||
| Accessed transgender care | Yes | 84 (54.2%) | 32 (20.6%) | 29 (18.7%) | 10 (6.5%) | P = 0.001 |
| No | 16 (30.2%) | 18 (34.0%) | 8 (15.1%) | 11 (20.8%) | ||
| Psychological evaluation | Yes | 85 (60.7%) | 22 (15.7%) | 24 (17.1%) | 9 (6.4%) | P = 0.005 |
| No | 14 (35.0%) | 16 (40.0%) | 8 (20.0%) | 2 (5.0%) | ||
| Gender affirming hormones | Yes | 69 (61.1%) | 22 (19.5%) | 14 (12.4%) | 8 (7.1%) | P < 0.001 |
| No | 27 (42.9%) | 16 (25.4%) | 17 (27.0%) | 3 (4.8%) | ||
| Chest reconstructive surgery | Yes | 22 (71.0%) | 5 (16.1%) | 2 (6.5%) | 2 (6.5%) | P = 0.168 |
| No | 74 (51.4%) | 33 (22.9%) | 29 (20.1%) | 8 (5.6%) | ||
| Underwent orchiectomy | Yes | 32 (84.2%) | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (5.3%) | 3 (7.9%) | P < 0.001 |
| No | 62 (73.4%) | 37 (27.4%) | 29 (21.5%) | 7 (5.2%) | ||
| Underwent vaginoplasty | Yes | 29 (76.3%) | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (5.3%) | 6 (15.8%) | P < 0.001 |
| No | 67 (48.6%) | 37 (26.8%) | 29 (21.0%) | 5 (3.6%) | ||