sex reassignment surgery
Americannoun
Sensitive Note
While sex change was once a term widely used to refer to sex reassignment surgery, it has declined in use and can be seen as offensive. The terminology around these procedures now places the focus on the way in which one might align one’s assigned sex with one’s gender identity.
Etymology
Origin of sex reassignment surgery
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In another landmark case, in 2013, the Court of Final Appeal decided that a transgender woman who had undergone full sex reassignment surgery was entitled to marry as her acquired gender.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023
Hong Kong's top court on Monday ruled that the policy of barring transgender people from changing their gender shown on ID cards unless they undergo full sex reassignment surgery violates their rights and is unconstitutional.
From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023
The former George Jorgensen made news way back in 1952 when he had sex reassignment surgery in Denmark and returned to the U.S. as a woman named Christine.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022
Under the policy, service members will once again be eligible for government-funded sex reassignment surgery — as had been the case during the Obama administration.
From Washington Times • Mar. 31, 2021
The court held that the Eighth Amendment does not require prisons to provide sex reassignment surgery to transgender inmates, even those who threaten suicide.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2019
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
