De Sutter was raised in Oudenaarde, in East Flanders. De Sutter gained an MD, 1987, and two PhDs, 1991, 1994, from Ghent University, and also studied at the Reproductive Genetics Institute in Chicago, and became a professor and head of the Reproductive Medicine Department at Ghent University.
She completed transition in 2004.
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She and her team researched on embryonic stem cells, the oocyte activation mechanism and fertility. De Sutter is on the executive of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), a member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine, and of the French Agence de la Biomedecine. She has published more than 200 journal articles.
In 2014 Petra was placed second on the Green Party list for the European elections, but they gained only one seat. In July 2014 it was announced that De Sutter was appointed to the Senate as a Green Party nomination, where she will focus on health care and environmental issues.
She completed transition in 2004.
She and her team researched on embryonic stem cells, the oocyte activation mechanism and fertility. De Sutter is on the executive of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), a member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine, and of the French Agence de la Biomedecine. She has published more than 200 journal articles.
In 2014 Petra was placed second on the Green Party list for the European elections, but they gained only one seat. In July 2014 it was announced that De Sutter was appointed to the Senate as a Green Party nomination, where she will focus on health care and environmental issues.
- Petra De Sutter. "Reproduction and Fertility Issues for Transpeople". In Randi Ettner, Stan Monstrey & Evan Eyler (eds) Principles of transgender medicine and surgery. Routledge, 2007.
- "Petra De Sutter is eerste transgender op kieslijst". Nieuwsblad, 01 maart 2014. www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20140228_01004504.
- Marij Vanherie. "Groen stuurt Petra De Sutter als gecoöpteerd senator naar het rode pluche. De arts-gynaecologe van het UZ Gent greep naast een zitje in het Europees Parlement, maar wordt -na het afhaken van Freya Piryns- door de partij opgevist.". De Redactie, 21/06/2014. http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/VK14-formatie/140621-desutter-groen.
- "Belgium: First transgender parliamentarian appointed to Senate". Pink News, 14/07/2014. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/14/belgium-first-transgender-parliamentarian-appointed-to-senate.