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gender reassignment

British  

noun

  1. male-to-female or female-to-male transformation involving surgery and hormone treatment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For masculinizing gender reassignment, it was 21.16% of patients before and 54.5% after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Finnish researchers have done so in a comprehensive new report on the mental-health outcomes for youth who undergo gender reassignment treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

But those who went through with medical gender reassignment didn’t experience the anticipated mental-health improvements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The protected characteristic of gender reassignment is not affected by this ruling, and Lord Hodge stressed that there are other defences against direct and indirect discrimination and harassment.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

People who use it can also access other services such as hormone treatment and mental health services, but those approved for gender reassignment must travel outside Northern Ireland because there is no surgical service here.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

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