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Title: Stepping On My...Er, Ah,...Genitalia, Sex, Or Gender
Post by: Shana A on September 03, 2008, 07:05:37 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 03, 2008, 07:05:37 AM
Stepping On My...Er, Ah,...Genitalia, Sex, Or Gender
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 02:45:00 AM EDT
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Recently, I wrote an email covering some issue to an online LGBT group where I had to describe the surgeries that changes the shapes of the natal genitalia of transsexuals. You know, male-to-female or female-to-male surgeries that surgeons perform to align a transsexual's genitalia to that transsexual's gender identity.
Well, in my email, I used the following phrase and abbreviation to describe these surgeries:
...genitalia reassignment surgery (GRS)...
Well, there's some issue there in the terminology I used. To begin with, the somewhat more standard letter assignments for GRS are gender reassignment surgery. In my mind, gender reassignment surgery is kind of a misnomer, because the surgery in question doesn't change one's gender (gender identity); these surgeries instead align transsexuals' genitalia to match the gender identity of individual transsexuals to the gender identity that's between given transsexuals' ears.
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 02:45:00 AM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=8CF80F470A5F10D5CE06CD2CECB9C7C5?diaryId=6801 (http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=8CF80F470A5F10D5CE06CD2CECB9C7C5?diaryId=6801)
Recently, I wrote an email covering some issue to an online LGBT group where I had to describe the surgeries that changes the shapes of the natal genitalia of transsexuals. You know, male-to-female or female-to-male surgeries that surgeons perform to align a transsexual's genitalia to that transsexual's gender identity.
Well, in my email, I used the following phrase and abbreviation to describe these surgeries:
...genitalia reassignment surgery (GRS)...
Well, there's some issue there in the terminology I used. To begin with, the somewhat more standard letter assignments for GRS are gender reassignment surgery. In my mind, gender reassignment surgery is kind of a misnomer, because the surgery in question doesn't change one's gender (gender identity); these surgeries instead align transsexuals' genitalia to match the gender identity of individual transsexuals to the gender identity that's between given transsexuals' ears.
Title: Re: Stepping On My...Er, Ah,...Genitalia, Sex, Or Gender
Post by: Elwood on September 03, 2008, 12:22:27 PM
Post by: Elwood on September 03, 2008, 12:22:27 PM
That's why I use SRS. Sexual reassignment. The gender stays the same, the sex is what changes.
Gender = Between the ears
Sex = Between the legs
Simple way of putting it.
Gender = Between the ears
Sex = Between the legs
Simple way of putting it.
Title: Re: Stepping On My...Er, Ah,...Genitalia, Sex, Or Gender
Post by: Sandy on September 04, 2008, 12:20:47 AM
Post by: Sandy on September 04, 2008, 12:20:47 AM
Quote from: Elwood on September 03, 2008, 12:22:27 PMMy surgeon called it Gender Confirmation Surgery. I kind of like that one. It confirms in the body what exists between the ears.
That's why I use SRS. Sexual reassignment. The gender stays the same, the sex is what changes.
Gender = Between the ears
Sex = Between the legs
Simple way of putting it.
If we tried, I'm sure we could come up with a dozen more acronyms...
-Sandy