Ezra Michel got top surgery in 2017 and had to petition Medi-Cal five times to get a revision covered. ‘I felt like I could breathe for the first time.’Photograph: Ricardo Nagaoka/The Guardian For ...

A common refrain among anti-transgender activists and politicians, including in California, is that many trans and gender-diverse people experience regret after obtaining gender-affirming surgery.

For patients who receive gender-affirming surgery, the experience can feel like a rebirth. “I decided that the old me would die on the table and then the new me would come up from it,” said Wendy ...

Trans people ‘increasingly heading abroad’ for gender surgery due to ‘horrific’ NHS waiting lists - Freya Firewood travelled ...

Pope Francis warmly and repeatedly interacts with transgender individuals, sanctioned a document that affirms trans people can serve as Catholic godparents, and has praised the work of LGBTQ advocacy ...

Seattle Children’s Hospital postponed a transgender teen’s masculinizing top surgery only hours before it was scheduled allegedly to comply with one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MDMedically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD When transgender and other gender diverse people are interested in surgically transitioning, one thing they may be ...

FMS is a type of gender affirming medical care. It’s not one specific procedure but a group of different surgeries often performed by different specialists. FMS procedures may include jaw contouring, ...