bottom surgery
noun
plural bottom surgeries
: a type of gender confirmation surgery in which a person's genitalia are altered to align with their gender identity
Connecticut's law has required an individual to have bottom surgery before amending a birth certificate … . The new bill will authorize the issuance of birth certificates …—
Martha Hollister and Tikeyah Whittle
Martha Hollister and Tikeyah WhittleMore transgender people in the US are opting for bottom surgery, a report from one of the country's leading medical schools has revealed.—Jasmine Andersson
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For example, not every trans person wants to take hormones and have facial feminization surgery and have bottom surgery.
—Quispe López, Them., 12 May 2025
But nobody is doing top surgery or bottom surgery, or any sort of gender-affirming surgeries on ten-year-olds, on children.
—Spencer MacNaughton, Them, 1 Feb. 2025
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), an international body of experts that writes the standards of gender-affirming care, states that patients must be of the age of majority in order to undergo bottom surgery.
—James Factora, Them, 9 Sep. 2024
There are two bottom surgery procedures available that can help achieve that goal: metoidioplasty and phalloplasty.
—Quispe López, Them, 19 July 2024
Looking forward, Henson counts down the days until his final set of surgical procedures, a genital reconstruction process commonly called bottom surgery.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2023
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Quispe López, Them., 12 May 2025
But nobody is doing top surgery or bottom surgery, or any sort of gender-affirming surgeries on ten-year-olds, on children.
—Spencer MacNaughton, Them, 1 Feb. 2025
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), an international body of experts that writes the standards of gender-affirming care, states that patients must be of the age of majority in order to undergo bottom surgery.
—James Factora, Them, 9 Sep. 2024
There are two bottom surgery procedures available that can help achieve that goal: metoidioplasty and phalloplasty.
—Quispe López, Them, 19 July 2024
Looking forward, Henson counts down the days until his final set of surgical procedures, a genital reconstruction process commonly called bottom surgery.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2023
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“Bottom surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20surgery. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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