sex reassignment

[seks ree-uh-sahyn-muhnt]

noun

1. the surgical alteration of a person's physical sex characteristics or the administration of hormones in order to match the person’s gender identity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sex reassignment¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

When the Nazis took power, Berlin was an international gay hub, home to 100 queer bars, 25 queer journals and the Institute for Sexual Science, where the world’s first sex reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments were performed by gender activist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld.

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This includes sending Gov. Lee a bill to ban spending state money on hormone therapy or sex reassignment procedures for inmates — though it would not apply to state inmates currently receiving hormone therapy — and requiring public school employees to out transgender students to their parents.

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For example, House lawmakers cast a final vote Thursday to send Gov. Bill Lee a bill to ban spending state money on hormone therapy or sex reassignment procedures for inmates — though it would not apply to state inmates currently receiving hormone therapy.

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It also allowed sex identity change by simple declaration without mandating psychiatric evaluation and sex reassignment surgery in October 2017.

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Artificial penises had been in use for centuries, either as replacements for detached members, as treatment for erectile dysfunction or for use in sex reassignment surgery.

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