gender-affirming
adjUS /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ.əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/
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Medicine, Sciences Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender or intersex person.
Especially transgender
- Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House.2023 May 3, “North Carolina House OKs Ban on Transgender Youth Surgeries”, in U.S. News & World Report, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2024:
- We stress that reconstructive breast surgeries and testicular implants are gender-affirming interventions—rather than interventions provided through a generic form of respect for persons—because gender is a morally significant, social category that shapes how individuals regard themselves and understand each other.2023 June 7, “Gender-Affirming Care for Cisgender People”, in Hastings Center Report, →DOI:
1 more example
- But in 2020, after coming across detransition videos online, she began to doubt the gender-affirming model.2024 February 2, Pamela Paul, “As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024:
- Derived terms
- gender-affirming surgery