gender-affirming

English

Etymology

From gender + affirming, "bringing into conformance with [the person's] gender".

Adjective

gender-affirming (comparative more gender-affirming, superlative most gender-affirming)

1. (euphemistic, medicine) Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender person.
   • 2023 May 3, “North Carolina House OKs Ban on Transgender Youth Surgeries”, in U.S. News & World Report‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2023 June 7, “Gender-Affirming Care for Cisgender People”, in Hastings Center Report, →DOI:

     We stress that reconstructive breast surgeries and testicular implants are gender-affirming interventions—rather than interventions provided through a generic form of respect for persons—because gender is a morally significant, social category that shapes how individuals regard themselves and understand each other.