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Fiendish Thingy

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2. I thought the medical standard of care was already no irreversible surgeries on minors

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:44 AM

Jul 25

AFAIK, that’s what it is in Canada, and surgery on adults is only performed after two years of preparatory gender affirming treatments and counselling.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding the terminology- is there a difference between surgeries that are “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 25 OP

Seeing this happen in other major blue cities newdeal2 Jul 25 #1

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #3

I thought the medical standard of care was already no irreversible surgeries on minors Fiendish Thingy Jul 25 #2

Not that way in the U.S. SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #4

Is there a difference between "gender affirming" surgery and gender reassignment surgery? Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 25 #6

Not that I'm aware of SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #8

"Gender reassignment" is outdated terminology. The accepted term is gender affirming. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 25 #10

Actually, this includes any and all gender affirming care, not just surgeries. Oneironaut Jul 25 #5

This applies to surgery for minors SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #7

Hospitals are completely shutting down their GAC programs for teens. Oneironaut Jul 25 #9

Got it, thanks SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #12

Tbh I do not believe any gender affirming care will exist within a year or so. Oneironaut Jul 25 #13

I don't agree with the decision SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #14

Do they not do breast/nipple reductions or nose jobs on people younger than 18 in Canada? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 25 #11

Not for cosmetic purposes AFAIK Fiendish Thingy Jul 25 #15