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To: grundle

I wanted to ask a question but it demands a phone number:

Can men and women change their chromosomes after gender re-assigment surgery?


15 posted on 02/05/2023 3:30:43 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Karliner

Your answer:

No, gender reassignment surgery, also known as gender confirmation surgery or gender affirming surgery, cannot change an individual’s chromosomes. Chromosomes, which are present in every cell of the body, determine an individual’s biological sex. This is why, despite gender reassignment surgery, an individual will still have the same chromosomes they were born with, either XX (female) or XY (male).

Gender reassignment surgery can, however, modify the physical appearance and function of an individual’s reproductive anatomy to match their gender identity. This can involve procedures such as genital reconstruction or removal of the breasts (in the case of male-to-female transition) or phalloplasty (in the case of female-to-male transition).


34 posted on 02/05/2023 4:20:13 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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