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Studies to examine the effects of puberty suppression and virilizing therapy on future reproductive potential among transgender males are lacking. This study used a translational murine in vitro fertilization model to examine the effects of female puberty suppression with depot leuprolide acetate (LA), followed by virilizing therapy with testosterone cypionate (T), on embryologic and pregnancy outcomes. LA effectively inhibited puberty when mice were treated beginning at 3 weeks of age. LA treatment was associated with higher mouse weight but lower ovarian weight. LA-treated mice ovulated developmentally competent eggs in response to gonadotropin administration, albeit at a higher dose than controls. Ovaries from mice treated with LA and T produced oocytes that had morphologically normal meiotic spindles after in vitro maturation and responded to gonadotropin stimulation. 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