Gender-affirming

//ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ.əˈfɚ.mɪŋ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender or intersex person. not-comparable

    "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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"According to NORC at the University of Chicago, 58 percent of Americans support allowing parents of transgender children to access gender-affirming care for them."

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gender-affirming surgery

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