How to Use gender-affirming surgery in a Sentence
gender-affirming surgery
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Twenty years ago, he was asked to film one of the first gender-affirming surgeries in Poland.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2023
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There was huge applause for Gascón, who stars in the film as a drug cartel leader who seeks gender-affirming surgery.
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Ramin Setoodeh,
Variety,
18 May 2024
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From there, researchers tracked whether those patients sought a range of gender-affirming surgeries.
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Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
23 Aug. 2023
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The judge, however, allowed the ban on gender-affirming surgeries for youth to take effect.
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Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 June 2023
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But her doctor told her that the VA excludes gender-affirming surgery from its benefits.
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Jo Yurcaba,
NBC News,
25 Jan. 2024
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In 2015, nearly ten years ago, trans adults in the U.K. seeking gender-affirming surgery reportedly sat on a six-year waiting list.
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Samantha Riedel,
Them,
7 Aug. 2024
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Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming surgeries for those under the age of 18 will still go into effect on Thursday.
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Prem Thakker,
The New Republic,
29 June 2023
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Musk said his daughter, who came out as trans in 2016, opted to undergo gender-affirming surgery during the pandemic.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2024
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The state recorded no instances of a minor undergoing gender-affirming surgery during that time.
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Sarah Owermohle,
STAT,
19 July 2024
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Trump and DeSantis have decried gender-affirming surgeries for minors as child abuse.
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Steve Peoples,
BostonGlobe.com,
8 June 2023
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For his gender-affirming surgeries, Adler had to comb through online forums or Reddit threads to find information about his doctors or learn more about his surgeries.
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Jack Lancaster,
Men's Health,
6 June 2023
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Bans on gender-affirming surgeries on minors, which weren't happening in Kentucky to begin with, are not being challenged.
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Olivia Krauth,
The Courier-Journal,
3 May 2023
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Not even Trump’s staunchest allies could point to evidence of children receiving gender-affirming surgery at school.
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James Factora,
Them,
9 Sep. 2024
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Burton has nothing to say, for instance, about drag culture or gender-affirming surgery, two areas where the idea of self-creation would seem to have more positive implications.
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Rhoda Feng,
BostonGlobe.com,
29 June 2023
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Such surgeries for trans minors are rare — in fact, one recent study found that the vast majority of gender-affirming surgeries performed on minors are for cisgender boys.
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James Factora,
Them,
9 July 2024
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There is no evidence that a student has ever undergone gender-affirming surgery at a school in the U.S., nor is there evidence that a U.S. school has sent a student to receive such a procedure elsewhere.
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Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
9 Sep. 2024
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In a memo from July 2011, the agency said Floridians who wished to update their gender markers on their driver’s licenses no longer needed to provide proof of gender-affirming surgery.
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Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2024
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At an event held by a conservative group in late August, Trump claimed that schools are sending children for gender-affirming surgeries without their parents’ knowledge.
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Cnn.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2024
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Fred Mills cast the deciding vote Wednesday to block a bill that would have banned hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and gender-affirming surgery for transgender minors.
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Tori Otten,
The New Republic,
25 May 2023
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As for gender-affirming surgeries for minors, experts say these procedures are extremely rare and are largely viewed as adult procedures.
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Allison Novelo,
CBS News,
21 May 2024
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Of course, gender-affirming surgeries are rarely approved for prisoners and detainees in the U.S. regardless of their immigration status.
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Samantha Riedel,
Them,
11 Sep. 2024
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Taking puberty blockers could also prevent the need for future gender-affirming surgeries, Forcier said — such as if a child assigned female at birth takes blockers, preventing the growth of breasts.
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Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2024
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The provisions of the law banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors in Indiana will have no immediate impact.
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Tom Davies,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 June 2023
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Yet the Vatican reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirming surgeries in April.
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Susan Miller,
USA TODAY,
28 June 2024
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Earlier this month, the group posted a manipulated video depicting a Times Square billboard that linked Harris to gender-affirming surgeries.
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Ali Swenson,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2024
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Many public attacks on, and attempts to restrict, gender-affirming surgery focus on the possibility that people may regret having the procedures done.
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Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
23 Aug. 2023
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One of them requested emails from school employees and 20 physicians and clinicians, most of whom are affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine and provide gender-affirming surgery and medical care.
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Lilly Price,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2024
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Patients under 21 would have been required to receive at least six months of counseling before starting hormone treatment or receiving gender-affirming surgery.
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CBS News,
8 Feb. 2024
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Hobbs signed that order on June 27 alongside another that requires insurance plans for state employees to cover gender-affirming surgeries.
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Stacey Barchenger,
The Arizona Republic,
7 July 2023
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In one statement to nonprofit news organization The 19th, the White House said that gender-affirming surgeries should be limited to adults -- as is typically the case -- but supports gender-affirming care for minors.
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Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2024
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