found: Random House(sex change)
found: Hennepin(Sex change surgery)
found: Acad. Am. encyc.:v. 17, p. 225 (sex reassignment)
found: Intl. dict. med. biol.(Transsexualism; sex reassignment operation; transsexual surgery)
found: Trans bodies, trans selves : a resource for the transgender community, 2014:page 618 ("Sex Change: An older term for gender-affirming surgery. Some people do not like this term because it implies that a person's sex is changing, while many trans people feel they have always been who they are.")
found: Gender confirmation surgery, 2018.
found: Considerations in gender reassignment surgery, 2019.
found: MeSH, viewed online Dec. 2, 2019(Sex Reassignment Procedures. SN Clinical treatments used to change the physiological sexual characteristics of an individual; entry terms: Gender Change Procedures, Gender Confirmation Procedures, Gender Reassignment Procedures, Sex Change Procedures)
found: GLAAD media reference guide, viewed online Dec. 2, 2019:definition of Transition ("Avoid the phrase 'sex change'.") definition of Sex Reassignment Surgery ("Also called Gender Confirmation Surgery (GCS). Refers to doctor-supervised surgical interventions, and is only one small part of transition (see transition above). Avoid the phrase 'sex change operation.' Do not refer to someone as being 'pre-op' or 'post-op.' Not all transgender people choose to, or can afford to, undergo medical surgeries.") - https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender found: Homosaurus, Feb. 14, 2023(Gender affirming surgery. UF Gender affirmation surgery; Gender confirmation surgery; Gender confirming surgery; Gender realignment surgery; Gender reassignment surgery; SRS; Sex reassignment surgery. SN Any of various surgeries undertaken to affirm an individual's gender. Most often applied to transgender people, but may also refer to certain procedures undergone by cisgender and intersex people. BT Medical care)
found: GSSO - the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation ontology, Feb. 14, 2023(gender reassignment surgery. Alternate name: gender reassignment surgeries. Has related synonym: sex reassignment surgery. Has synonym: surgical gender reassignment. Is replaced by: gender affirming surgery. Short name: gender reassignment, GRS. Instance of: obsolete medical term)
found: GSSO - the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation ontology, Feb. 14, 2023(gender affirming surgery. SN Any of various surgical procedures by which a transgender person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that socially associated with their identified gender. It is part of a treatment for gender dysphoria in transgender people. Synonym: gender-affirming surgery. Alternate name: gender affirming surgeries. Has narrow synonym: transgender-related surgery. Has related synonym: gender surgery. Has synonym: gender-confirmation surgery; gender-validating surgery; gender affirmation surgery; gender confirming surgery; gender confirmation surgery. Short name: GAS. Subclass of: surgical procedure by type. Comments: Avoid terms which include "sex change" as they are inaccurate (referring to "sex" rather than "gender" and implying a "change" rather than an affirmation of an already present gender identity). Avoid terms which include the word "reassignment" as no reassignment is taking place (assigned sex at birth is still assigned and such procedures are in no way tied to legal reassignment) and it implies that one's gender identity is tied solely to the surgery, rather than an internal representation of self. Use terms like "gender confirmation surgery", "gender-affirming surgery", or "gender-validating surgery" when discussing such procedures, but outside of a clinical context, allow the person to guide discussion about these processes (i.e. it is inappropriate to ask a transgender person if they've "had the surgery" or the like).)
