Changes

The idea of '''sex change''' is based on the notion that a person of one sex can be born "trapped" in an opposite-sex body. The theory plays havoc with traditional ideas of [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]]. It has been embraced primarily by advocates of the 1960s [[sexual revolution]] such as [[homosexual rights]] activists.

The idea of '''sex change''' is based on the notion that a person of one sex can be born "trapped" in an opposite-sex body. The theory plays havoc with traditional ideas of [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]]. It has been embraced primarily by advocates of the 1960s [[sexual revolution]] such as [[homosexual rights]] activists.

Transgendered patients seek to undergo surgical sex change operations (also known as gender reassignment surgery) to change their external appearance to to that of the gender with which they identify.  Patients often undergo psychotherapy, hormone treatment, and facial surgery as well.  In the United States, a patient must undergo years of counciling before being approved for the surgery.  Patients sometimes choose to have the surgery done abroad in places like [[Thailand]], where anyone with the money can have the surgery.

Transgendered patients seek to undergo surgical sex change operations (also known as gender reassignment surgery) to change their external appearance to to that of the gender with which they identify.  Patients often undergo psychotherapy, hormone treatment, and facial surgery as well.  In the United States, a patient must undergo years of counseling before being approved for the surgery.  Patients sometimes choose to have the surgery done abroad in places like [[Thailand]], where anyone with the money can have the surgery.

==Legality==

==Legality==

*Christine (George) Jorgensen: An American [[World War II]] veteran, George became Christine in a 1952 operation.  This was the first widely publicized sex change surgery.<ref>[http://www.christinejorgensen.org/ Christine Jorgensen site]</ref>

*Christine (George) Jorgensen: An American [[World War II]] veteran, George became Christine in a 1952 operation.  This was the first widely publicized sex change surgery.<ref>[http://www.christinejorgensen.org/ Christine Jorgensen site]</ref>

*Jan (James) Morris: A British [[World War II]] veteran, reporter, and father, Morris underwent sex change surgery in 1972.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_jan_morris.shtml Jan Morris: A Profile]</ref>

*Jan (James) Morris: A British [[World War II]] veteran, reporter, and father, Morris underwent sex change surgery in 1972.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_jan_morris.shtml Jan Morris: A Profile]</ref>

*Dr. Rene Richards (Richard Raskin): An American doctor and tennis player.  Richards made waves in 1976, when she entered amature [[tennis]] competitions as a woman.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/garden/01renee.html The Lady Regrets]</ref>

*Dr. Rene Richards (Richard Raskin): An American doctor and tennis player.  Richards made waves in 1976, when she entered amateur [[tennis]] competitions as a woman.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/garden/01renee.html The Lady Regrets]</ref>

[[category:biology]]

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