How to Use gender-affirming surgery in a Sentence

gender-affirming surgery

noun

• Twenty years ago, he was asked to film one of the first gender-affirming surgeries in Poland.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
• From there, researchers tracked whether those patients sought a range of gender-affirming surgeries.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• There was huge applause for Gascón, who stars in the film as a drug cartel leader who seeks gender-affirming surgery.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 May 2024
• 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 judge, however, allowed the ban on gender-affirming surgeries for youth to take effect.
  — Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
• The law also bans gender-affirming surgeries, though that provision is not at issue before the high court.
  — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
• But the entire exchange contained no mention of gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth of any age.
  — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
• But her doctor told her that the VA excludes gender-affirming surgery from its benefits.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• That page was started in May, after the Kansas lawsuit was filed, and asks for help with gender-affirming surgery.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2025
• The state recorded no instances of a minor undergoing gender-affirming surgery during that time.
  — Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 19 July 2024
• The measure would also ban gender-affirming surgery or medications for minors.
  — Kate Zernike, New York Times, 15 May 2025
• Now at 17, Cameron has undergone gender-affirming surgery and is taking testosterone.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
• Trump and DeSantis have decried gender-affirming surgeries for minors as child abuse.
  — Steve Peoples, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming surgeries for those under the age of 18 will still go into effect on Thursday.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
• Not even Trump’s staunchest allies could point to evidence of children receiving gender-affirming surgery at school.
  — James Factora, Them, 9 Sep. 2024
• Some choose to travel to Thailand to pursue gender-affirming surgery, or resort to a gray industry of hormone treatments.
  — The Dial, 6 Feb. 2025
• But is Emilia Pérez — a film about a cartel leader who gets gender-affirming surgery and escapes a life of crime — actually good?
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
• Gascón stars as a Mexican drug lord who, with the help of a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña), undergoes gender-affirming surgery.
  — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
• Getting gender-affirming surgery in China or Thailand is expensive, and out of reach for many people who have to save up to be able to afford it.
  — The Dial, 6 Feb. 2025
• As for gender-affirming surgeries for minors, experts say these procedures are extremely rare and are largely viewed as adult procedures.
  — Allison Novelo, CBS News, 21 May 2024
• Bans on gender-affirming surgeries on minors, which weren't happening in Kentucky to begin with, are not being challenged.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
• People share the gender-affirming surgery scene, reigniting the trans representation debate.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
• Kaiser Permanente will pause gender-affirming surgeries for patients younger than 19 years beginning next month.
  — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 24 July 2025
• 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.
  — James Factora, Them, 9 July 2024
• Musk said his daughter, who came out as trans in 2016, opted to undergo gender-affirming surgery during the pandemic.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
• 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.
  — Rhoda Feng, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• More than two dozen states have laws prohibiting transgender women and girls from participating in certain sports and some have barred gender-affirming surgeries for minors.
  — CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
• In 1995, my sister became one of the youngest people in Australia to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
  — MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
• The 2025 law also bans gender-affirming surgeries for people under 18.
  — Matthew Kelly may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
• 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.
  — Jack Lancaster, Men's Health, 6 June 2023