gender reassignment surgery
noun
Note: This term is sometimes considered to be offensive in its implication that a transgender or nonbinary person takes on a different gender through surgery, rather than using surgery to align their outward appearance with their gender identity. Gender confirmation surgery and gender-affirming surgery are the preferred terms in the medical and LGBTQ+ communities, and surgery is seen as one of many possible ways to affirm one's gender identity, rather than as an essential part of transitioning (see transition entry 2 sense 2).
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
The film’s director and writer, French helmer Jacques Audiard, wanted name talent from Mexico because that’s the main setting for his Spanish-language musical drama about a cartel leader undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
—Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
The film revolves around lawyer Rita (Saldaña), who helps a crime boss retire from the cartel business and disappear, and also undergo gender reassignment surgery to become the titular character, Emilia Perez.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Other Iranian groups are using artificial intelligence technology to publish content online insulting former president Donald Trump and create inflammatory posts about controversial issues such as gender reassignment surgery, according to the report.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
Medical protocols discourage gender reassignment surgery before the age of 18.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The document argues that if a person is made in God's image, gender theory and gender reassignment surgery call into question why God would create a person with the wrong gender.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
While much of the debate centered on gender reassignment surgery, which is relatively rare for minors, the bills went a step further and included hormone therapy and puberty blockers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The law, signed last year by Gov. Eric Holcomb, bans doctors from performing gender reassignment surgery or prescribing medication, like puberty blockers or hormone therapy, to those under 18 years old.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Gender reassignment surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender%20reassignment%20surgery. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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