About the Authors

Jana Eyssel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Transgender Healthcare Centre Hamburg, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Andreas Koehler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Transgender Healthcare Centre Hamburg, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Arne Dekker

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Transgender Healthcare Centre Hamburg, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Susanne Sehner

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Centre for Experimental Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Timo O. Nieder

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

t.nieder@uke.de

Affiliation Department for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Transgender Healthcare Centre Hamburg, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The author TN is head of the Outpatient Unit for Sexual Health and Transgender Care at the Department for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry. TN is deputy spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Transgender Healthcare Center Hamburg. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.