Table 1

Methods of fertility preservation available to transgender children and young people14 52–54

Fertility preservation methods
PrepubertalPostpubertal
Transgender females
(birth-assigned males)
Testicular tissue cryopreservation (TTC)*Testicular tissue cryopreservation (TTC)*
Sperm cryopreservation
Transgender males
(birth-assigned females)
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC)*Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC)*
Oocyte cryopreservation
  • *Fertility preservation methods that are experimental or in development.8 16–18