sex reassignment
Changing one's gender
Sex reassignment is the process of changing a person's physical sex characteristics to match their gender identity, typically through hormone therapy and surgery.
The full phrase is sex reassignment surgery, though the procedure is now more commonly called gender confirmation surgery or gender-affirming surgery.
She began her sex reassignment at twenty-five.
- genderSocial identity category
- gender identityInner sense of self-classification
- transitionChange from one state
- sex changeAltering one's biological gender
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
top surgery · hormones · hormone therapy · transgender · identity · bottom · top · vaginoplasty · dysphoria · affirming · coming out · clinic · therapist · diagnosis · mastectomy · estrogen · testosterone · passing
- sex biologybiological sex, sex chromosomes, Y chromosome, XY, sex determination
sex reassignmentcosmetic enhancement
Alteration for improved appearance
cosmetic surgery · aesthetic surgery · watchful waiting · breast augmentation · rhinoplasty
reassignment, assign, assignment, assignable, reassign, reassignable, sexes, sexual, sexually