gender affirming surgery

gender affirming surgery

movie features

What Makes the Perfect Gender Surgeon? A Freak

I keep thinking about The Assignment, a bizarre and barely remembered action movie from 2016.

Woodlief McCabe —

Jul 17, 2025

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gender affirming surgery

first person

A Lifetime of Needles

I got my first trans surgery a couple months ago, and I went into FFS with as much curiosity about the experience as I had excitement for the results.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 23, 2025

gender affirming surgery

trans

politics + activism

Trump Wants To Limit Healthcare for Trans Adults With ACA Plans. Here’s What You Should Know

A proposed rule would stop insurance plans sold on the ACA marketplace from including gender-affirming care for both trans minors and trans adults.

Stef Rubino —

Apr 16, 2025

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gender affirming surgery

health

What I Wish I Knew About Getting a Hysterectomy as a Trans Man

Surgery is allowed to suck, even when it’s a surgery that you really wanted.

Max Gross —

Mar 27, 2025

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gender affirming surgery

issues

My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It

We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.

E. Goldblatt Hyatt —

Aug 19, 2024

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gender affirming surgery

health

10 Things That Surprised Me After Top Surgery

I’m six weeks post-op from Top Surgery, and I’m learning a ton. I’m learning more about my body and my dysphoria, my goals for transitioning, and most importantly, life without…

Motti —

Mar 19, 2024

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gender affirming surgery

gender

How To Support Your Transitioning Partners and Friends

It can be helpful to see a transition as smaller, interlocked transitions.

Summer Tao —

Jan 19, 2024

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for them

gender

Top 10 Things I’m Looking Forward to After Top Surgery

8. Being slutty in tank tops and vests

Motti —

Jan 15, 2024

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gender affirming surgery

health

Healing After Top Surgery: Expectation vs. Reality

What’s it like to walk down the stairs with nothing bouncing? What’s it like to feel a seatbelt flat against me? What’s it like when my girlfriend lays her head…

Max Gross —

Jan 11, 2024

gender affirming surgery

mental health

first person

Top Surgery, Magnolia Trees, and the Trans Art of Letting Go

What’s transness if not a long lesson in choosing which beautiful things are meant for you?

Aisha Mirza —

May 29, 2023

gender affirming surgery

community

How to Care For Your Friend Having Gender Affirming Surgery

Providing meaningful care means not only caring for your friend (completing tasks, making meals) but it is also caring about your friend.

Araguaney R. Da Silva —

Dec 21, 2022

gender affirming surgery

mental health

gender

Surprise, It’s Depression: Recovery from Gender-Affirming Surgery

After gender-affirming surgery, many trans people experience post-operative depression. Awareness and the knowledge that you aren’t alone can help.

Alex Petkanas —

Mar 29, 2022