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SickOfTheOnePct

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8. Not that I'm aware of

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:01 AM

Jul 2025

Gender-affirming care is a much broader category, but I don't know that there is a difference between gender-affirming and gender reassignment surgeries.

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Kaiser Permanente to stop gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 [View all] lostincalifornia Jul 2025 OP

Seeing this happen in other major blue cities newdeal2 Jul 2025 #1

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #3

I thought the medical standard of care was already no irreversible surgeries on minors Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #2

Not that way in the U.S. SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #4

Is there a difference between "gender affirming" surgery and gender reassignment surgery? Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #6

Not that I'm aware of SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #8

"Gender reassignment" is outdated terminology. The accepted term is gender affirming. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #10

Actually, this includes any and all gender affirming care, not just surgeries. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #5

This applies to surgery for minors SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #7

Hospitals are completely shutting down their GAC programs for teens. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #9

Got it, thanks SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #12

Tbh I do not believe any gender affirming care will exist within a year or so. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #13

I don't agree with the decision SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #14

Do they not do breast/nipple reductions or nose jobs on people younger than 18 in Canada? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #11

Not for cosmetic purposes AFAIK Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #15