The wording was originally phrased in Dutch as: "Ik verbreek de vriendschap als blijkt dat een goede vriend/vriendin zijn/haar lichaam wil laten aanpassen om vrouw/man te worden." (Translation: "I would break the friendship when it turns out that a good friend wants to have his/her body adjusted to become a woman/man.")
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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Opinion on ending friendships due to sex change surgery in the Netherlands 2020
According to a survey carried out in the Netherlands in 2019, approximately 80 percent of respondents either disagreed or completely disagreed with the notion that they would end a friendship if their friend wanted to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Notably, results were almost identical regardless of whether the sex change would be female-to-male or male-to-female.
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Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . (May 17, 2022). Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . "Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex." Chart. May 17, 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 03, 2026. /statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . (2022). Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . "Share of People Who Would Break up with at Friend Who Wanted to Undergo a Sex Reassigment Surgery in The Netherlands in 2019/20, by Sex." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 17 May 2022, /statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau , Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/ (last visited August 03, 2026)
Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex [Graph], Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau , May 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
