sex change
Surgical gender transformation
A sex change is a process of altering one's physical characteristics to match a different sex, typically through hormone therapy and surgery.
The term was standard through the late 20th century but has been largely replaced by *gender reassignment* or *gender-affirming care* in medical and progressive contexts: She had a sex change in the 1990s.
Some consider the older term reductive or outdated.
Genital reconstructive surgery
- top surgerySurgical chest contouring for gender
- orchiectomySurgical testicle extraction
- hysterectomyExcision of the uterus
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
estrogen · testosterone · feminization · masculinization · breast augmentation · reassignment · SRS
Distress from body-identity mismatch
- gender identityInner sense of self-classification
- transitionChange from one state
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- coming outRevealing one's identity
pronouns · deadname · passing · cisgender · nonbinary · genderqueer · genderfluid · transfeminine
Mark of dishonor
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- activismDirect effort for reform
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
discrimination · bathroom bills · legislation · healthcare access · insurance coverage · informed consent · gatekeeping · transphobia
vaginoplasty
Genital reconstructive surgery
- top surgerySurgical chest contouring for gender
- orchiectomySurgical testicle extraction
- hysterectomyExcision of the uterus
hormone therapy · estrogen · testosterone · feminization · masculinization · breast augmentation · reassignment · SRS
gender dysphoria
Distress from body-identity mismatch
- gender identityInner sense of self-classification
- transitionChange from one state
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
coming out · pronouns · deadname · passing · cisgender · nonbinary · genderqueer · genderfluid · transfeminine · transmasculine
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- activismDirect effort for reform
rights · discrimination · bathroom bills · legislation · healthcare access · insurance coverage · informed consent · gatekeeping · transphobia · allyship
- sex biologyY chromosome, XY, sexual differentiation, male, female
- transformationmetamorphosis, morphing, shape-shifting, shapeshifting, transmutation
- mollusk developmentegg, embryo, larva, juvenile, adult
- spawningspawning, spawning season, spawning ground, spawning grounds, fish spawning
sex changecosmetic surgery
Medical alteration for appearance
nose job · breast augmentation · liposuction · facelift · rhinoplasty
sex changedetransition
Stopping gender transition
body acceptance · retransition · self-acceptance · conversion therapy
change, sex, transgender, sex reassignment, transsexual, transsexualism