gender confirmation surgery

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00:54 Mar 17, 2021
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Government / Politics, Medical: Health Care, Medical (general), Psychology, Science (general)
English term or phrase: gender confirmation surgery
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
Any of several surgical procedures that a transgender person may choose to undergo in order to obtain the physical characteristics that match their gender identity.

Example sentence(s):
  • Gender confirmation surgery has been covered by Brazil's public health system since 2011. But only five public hospitals perform the procedure, and the waiting list is long. Going through a private clinic enabled the twins to have the surgery sooner. Buenos Aires Times
  • An Arizona state employee health plan’s blanket refusal to pay for gender reassignment surgery will stay in effect pending a lawsuit over its legality because the preliminary relief sought goes beyond maintaining the parties’ positions during the litigation, a federal court said. Bloomberg Law
  • Ryle said that Saint Francis Memorial Hospital has been performing gender confirmation surgery for decades. "In 1973, Saint Francis Memorial started doing gender realignment, so this is not new," Ryle said. "A hospital on the Westside of San Francisco turned a patient away the day of their surgery. That's who Saint Francis is — doing this kind of work for almost 50 years." Bay Area Reporter
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4 -1könskorrigerande kirurgi
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
könskorrigerande kirurgi


Definition from own experience or research:
Surgery to change a persons sex to conform with his/her sellf-perceived gender is in general parlance established as "könskorrigering", as "könsbyte" is considered offensive.
(I myself think "könskorrigering" is an incorrect term unless there is something actually defective with the genitalia, but in most cases "könskorrigering" does actually refer to surgically changing fully functional and correctly developed genitalia to confirm to the self-image of the individual. However, that's how it has become.)

Example sentence(s):
  • RLagen kräver att den som på grund av transsexualism ansöker om könskorrigering ska vara minst 18 år gammal och måste ha bott i landet minst ett år, för att kunna ges tillstånd till ny juridisk könstillhörighet och könskorrigerande kirurgiska ingrepp. - wikipedia  
Anders Ericsson
Sweden
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4

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No  Emma Montell: Av nån anledning kan jag ej föreslå en egen översättning men idag används begreppet könsbekräftande kirurgi för att betona att målet är att bekräfta patientens könsidentitet. Se exempelvis texter från Wikipedia, Karolinska Institutet, 1177 och RFSL.
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