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Despite the common expectation that testosterone hormone treatment suppresses ovulation among trans-masculine individuals, research from Amsterdam UMC’s Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria indicates that approximately one-third of them continue to ovulate (1✔

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“Trans masculine people are people born female but do not identify as such, for example, they feel male, gender fluid, or non-binary. Our examination of their ovarian tissue shows that 33% of them show signs of recent ovulation, despite being on testosterone and no longer menstruating,” says Joyce Asseler, PhD candidate at Amsterdam UMC.

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