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Am I trans? Take the Transcheck.

"Am I trans?" or "am I really trans?" — it is a question many young people struggle with. This free Transcheck (also called transgender test or gender test) helps you think it through with 50 yes/no questions.

In a world where TikTok, Instagram and YouTube are full of transition stories, it sometimes seems as if "being trans" is the answer to everything that feels wrong. For some, gender doubt is real and lasting; for others, very different things are at play — trauma, autism, depression, social-media influence, or the ordinary uncertainty of puberty.

This test shows in 10 minutes what is most likely in your case. You will not get a diagnosis, but you will get an honest mirror. The result appears directly on your screen; you do not have to enter a name or email.

Who is this check for?

  • Teens and young adults with identity questions
  • Parents who want to understand their child better
  • Anyone who wonders: is this really what I think it is?

How does it work?

  • 50 yes/no questions, one by one
  • Answer honestly — for yourself only
  • Takes about 10 minutes
  • Result directly on your screen

Start the check

The Transcheck

50 questions · 10 minutes · instant result

1. Are you 18 or younger?
2. Were you born female?
3. Do you still live with your parents or carers?
4. Have you told anyone yet?
5. Did you first write about your gender feelings online, before you said it to someone in real life?
6. Did you already think before the age of six that you did not fit your sex?
7. As a child, did you mostly play with children of the other sex?
8. Did your parents or teachers find you different from other children back then?
9. Have these feelings been there as long as you can remember?
10. Did your gender feelings start only from age twelve or later?
11. Did something happen just before these feelings came?
12. Were you bullied or excluded during that period?
13. Did you experience something unsafe in that period?
14. Did you then lose someone important to you?
15. Were you unhappy in your friend group or relationship at the time?
16. Do you think about your gender every day?
17. Are the feelings unbearable?
18. Are they equally strong every day?
19. Do you have moments when you simply feel fine in your body?
20. Has your feeling become stronger since you started talking or reading about it?
21. Do you spend more than three hours a day on social media?
22. Does a large part of that time go to gender or queer topics?
23. Do several of your friends also have gender questions?
24. Do you follow accounts that show transition?
25. Did the idea that you might be trans come via the internet or social media?
26. Do you often feel detached from your body?
27. Do you often feel down?
28. Do you have an anxiety disorder?
29. Have you had an eating disorder?
30. Have you ever harmed yourself?
31. Do you have autism, or do you think you have autism?
32. Do you have ADHD?
33. Are you currently in therapy or taking medication?
34. Have you had thoughts of harming yourself?
35. Did something happen in your childhood that you have never told anyone?
36. Was puberty very hard for you?
37. Do you find it hard to see yourself naked?
38. Is your menstruation unbearable to you?
39. Do your erections feel wrong?
40. Do you feel better in clothes of the other sex?
41. Do you fall in love with your own birth sex?
42. Did you used to find it difficult that you were attracted to your own birth sex?
43. Do you get aroused by the thought of seeing yourself as the other sex?
44. Are you in a relationship?
45. Do you often think life as the other sex would be easier?
46. Do you expect that transition will solve your depression or anxiety?
47. Would you still want transition if no one could see it?
48. Have you heard of the Cass Review?
49. Have you ever spoken to or read someone who stopped transitioning and regrets it?
50. Do you think you would still make the same choice in twenty years?

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Why this check?

Among teens and young adults, identity questions have grown sharply since the arrival of smartphones, TikTok and Instagram. Many of those questions quickly get a gender label attached — sometimes by the young person, sometimes by friends or online accounts, sometimes by care providers. Whether that label is appropriate is another question.

The Transcheck is not a diagnosis. It is a questionnaire that helps distinguish between a long-lasting, stable picture and signals that usually point to something else: a difficult period, low mood, autism or ADHD, social influence, or the ordinary searching that belongs to puberty.

What the test does and does not do

Does: a mirror. The questions help you reflect on your history, your body, your friends, your time online — all things that play into what you feel now.

Does not: diagnose. No online test can determine whether someone is "trans". There is also no biological or medical test that can show that. For some people, suffering with their body is lifelong and intense — for the vast majority of teens with identity questions, that is not the case.

Why not via a psychologist or by talking it through?

It seems logical to take these questions to a GP or psychologist. But in practice that path usually goes only one way: the GP refers to a psychologist, the psychologist to a gender clinic, and there the outcome is largely set — affirmation, social transition, and ultimately often medical steps.

Talking about it with friends or in online groups usually backfires too. The more words you give to your feelings, the bigger they get. Your story becomes your identity, and your identity becomes your direction.

Developmentally, puberty is a search period — that is no accident, that is the point. Your brain develops until about age 25. Your personality is formed by what you do, not by what you say about yourself. Whoever does sport, learns, works, spends time with friends and gets out of the house automatically builds a person. Whoever stays in their head stays searching.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Transcheck?

A free online gender test with 50 yes/no questions for anyone wondering: am I trans? You get an immediate personal result on your screen.

Can this test tell me whether I am trans?

No. No online test can make a diagnosis. The Transcheck points out patterns in your answers and helps you reflect on whether other things are at play.

Is the Transcheck anonymous?

Yes. You don't need to enter a name or email. Your answers are not linked to a person.

Who is this test for?

For teens, young adults and parents who want to think about identity questions — before steps are taken towards transition.

How long does the test take?

About 10 minutes. You answer 50 questions, one per screen, with Previous and Next buttons.

What are the possible outcomes?

Six different outcomes, from "this has been with you for a long time" to "strong warning signals". Each outcome offers explanation and concrete life advice.

Read more

Background information that helps put your answers in perspective:

Cass Review explained

British review of four years of research into gender care for young people.

Detransition

What detransition involves, experiences and figures.

Autism and transgender

Why autism and identity questions so often co-occur.

Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD)

Sudden identity questions in adolescents — the pattern and the debate.

Depression and transgender

How mood and self-image can become entangled.

Basics of gender

The concepts at a glance — if you're just starting.