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/ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ.əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/ · adjective
(medicine, especially transgender) Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender or intersex person..
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.
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.
But in 2020, after coming across detransition videos online, she began to doubt the gender-affirming model.
Use gender-affirming when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gender-affirming means (medicine, especially transgender) Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender or intersex person..
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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.
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