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{{wiktionary|sex change}}
In popular discourse, [[sex change]] refers to sexual reassignment surgery.
'''Sex change''' may refer to:


==Biology and medicine==
'''sex change''' may also refer to:
*[[Gender-affirming care]], the medical aspect of gender transition, that is, modifying person's sex characteristics
* In Biology, the natural occurrence, in some species of animals, of changing from one sex to another.
**[[Gender-affirming surgery]], surgical procedures that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender
* In Skateboarding, a trick which requires balancing the skateboard on a rail, apparently with the imaginative idea that if a (male) rider falls, he could injure himself in a way that would lead potentially to an involuntary "sex change."
*[[Sequential hermaphroditism]], a phenomenon by which some animals naturally change sex

==Other uses==
* [[Sex Change (album)|''Sex Change'' (album)]], a 2007 album by Trans Am
* ''[[Change of Sex]]'', a 1976 Spanish film
* ''[[A Change of Sex]]'', a British television documentary series

==See also==
* [[Gender transition]], the process of changing one's gender presentation or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity

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Latest revision as of 02:33, 17 October 2024

Sex change may refer to:

Biology and medicine

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  • Gender-affirming care, the medical aspect of gender transition, that is, modifying person's sex characteristics
    • Gender-affirming surgery, surgical procedures that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender
  • Sequential hermaphroditism, a phenomenon by which some animals naturally change sex

Other uses

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See also

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  • Gender transition, the process of changing one's gender presentation or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity