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GENDER REASSIGNMENT Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private who was sentenced Aug. 21 to 35 years in a military prison for releasing highly sensitive U.S. military secrets, is seeking gender reassignment. Here's how
gender reassignment works:
MALE TO FEMALE
Converting male anatomy to female
anatomy requires removing the penis
reshapina genital tissue to aobear more
remale and constructina a vagina
in incision is mada into
rhe
• scrotum andtheflar
of skin is nulled back The
testes are removed
chorror trothra ic cut Tho
nonis is romoved and the
create the labia and vagina
Vaaina
Scrotur Skin
flap People who have male-to-female gender-reassianment surgery retain a prostate. Following
surgery. estrogen la female hormone wil stimulate breast development. widen the hips
inhibit the growth of racial hair and slightly increase voice pitch.
FEMALE TO MALE
Female-to-male surgery has achieved
lessor success due to the diffcultv of creatina a functioning penis from the much smaller clitoral tissue available
in the female genitals.
The uterus and the ovaries are removed. Genital recon-
structive procedures (GRT I use either the clitoris. which
is enlarged hy hormones. or rev on frep tissue arafts
from the arm. the thigh or bellv and an erectile nros-
thetic (phalloplasty).
teris
Prosthetic testicle
Broscte rood to ho cureicolly altored if thov sro to look loce fominino Thie precose involvos removing breast tissue and excess skin, and reducing and properly positioning the nipples
and areolae. Androgens (male hormones) will stimulate the development of facial and
By the Numbers
Reliable sratisrics are extremelv ditcult to obtain Many seynatreassianment brocedures are
conducted in private facilities that are not subject to reporting requirements. More Than
$50,000 The cost for female-to-
male reassianment
$7.000
to $24,000 The cost for male-to-
female reassianment
SOURCES. SURGERYENCYCIOPEDIA COM WIKIPEDIE
Between
100 and 500 Gender-reassianment pro- cedures conducted in the
United States each year
All about sex change surgeries.
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