Lɛ wi lan bɔt jɔnda affirmation ɔpreshɔn.

Wi ɔl want fɔ gladi fɔ di we aw wi de luk. Fɔ sɔm, na fɔ sho di wɔl udat dɛn rili bi. Infakt, fɔ gɛt ɔpreshɔn fɔ chenj di we aw dɛn luk na sɔntin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin disayd fɔ du dɛn tɛm ya. Bɔt fɔ pɔsin we transjɛndor ɔ nɔ-baynary, na sɔntin we dip pasmak. Na fɔ afɛm dɛn tru tru aydentiti, fɔ briŋ dɛn maynd ɛn bɔdi insay alaynɛshɔn. Tide, wi de tɔk bɔt wan pan dɛn kayn ɔpreshɔn dɛn de, we dɛn kɔl Gender Affirmation Surgery .

Aw pɔsin kin bi transjɛndor ɔ nɔ-baynary?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i rili simpul. Imajin, we dɛn bɔn pikin, wi kin luk in bɔdi ɛn disayd if na bɔy pikin ɔ na gyal pikin. Wi kɔl dat di "sɛks we dɛn gi am we dɛn bɔn am." bכt sכmtεm, as di pikin de gro, wi kin no se wetin i de fil insay, dat na in "jεnda aydentiti," nכ de mach di sεks we dεn gi am we dεn bכn am.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, pɔsin we dɛn bin gi di wok fɔ bi man we dɛn bɔn am, kin fil dip dip wan se na uman fɔ tru. Na dat wi de kɔl transjɛndor .

Nɔnbaynary de tɔk bɔt pipul dɛm we fil se dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ kategoriz dɛn kɔmplit wan as "uman" ɔ "man." Dɛn na pipul dɛn we gɛt aydentiti we go pas dɛn tu bɔks ya.

Dɛn pipul ya gɛt difrɛn tin dɛn fɔ chenj di we aw dɛn de luk fɔ mek dɛn mach dɛn insay. Sɔm kin chenj di we aw dɛn de luk wit klos, di we aw dɛn de mek dɛn ia, ɛn mek-ap. Ɔda wan dɛn kin tɔn to ɔmon tɛrapi. Ɔda wan dɛn bak kin pik ɔpreshɔn we go chenj dɛn bɔdi ɛn fes fɔ ɔltɛm.

Dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn pan pɔsin in fes

Plastik ɔpreshɔn fɔ chenj di we aw di fes de luk, na tin we kɔmɔn. I kin ɛp pipul dɛn fɔ gɛt mɔ kɔnfidɛns pan dɛnsɛf ɛn fil fayn bɔt dɛnsɛf. Transjɛndor pipul dɛn kin yuz dis ɔpreshɔn bak fɔ ajɔst dɛn fes shep fɔ mek i mach dɛn aydentiti.

Ɔpreshɔn fɔ chenj di we aw di chɛst de luk (Top Surgery) .

Ɔpreshɔn fɔ di bɔdi bak kin rili kɔmɔn. Dɛn kɔl dis "tɔp ɔpreshɔn" fɔ shɔt.

• Transfeminine Top Surgery: If pɔsin want fɔ gɛt chɛst we tan lɛk uman, dɛn kin put in bɔdi insay in bɔdi. Dis tan lɛk di ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kin du fɔ mek di bɔdi big.

• Fɔ mek i tan lɛk man (Transmasculine Top Surgery): If pɔsin want fɔ gɛt flat chɛst we gɛt mɔ man, dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn fɔ ridyus in bɔdi (we fiba di mastectomy). Dis involv fɔ pul di brɛst tisu ɛn flat di chɛst. di nipl dεm kin riposishכn bak fכ lεk nכmal man chεst.

Ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kin du fɔ mek di bɔdi

Dɛn ɔpreshɔn ya rili kɔmpleks, ɛn dɛn nid fɔ gɛt ɛp frɔm dɔktɔ dɛn we gɛt bɔku ɛkspiriɛns pan ɔpreshɔn fɔ transplant.

Fɔ mek yu luk lɛk man (Transmasculine Bottom Surgery) .

Sɔm transjɛndor man dɛn kin disayd fɔ pul dɛn uterus ɛn ovary. dis kin bi tru di hysterectomy. dis de ridyus di bכdi in lεvεl fכ uman כmon dεm εn i de stכp di mכnt.

If yu wan chenj di ekstenal genitalia, yu kin mek penis. Bɔku we dɛn de fɔ du dis:

• Metoidioplasty: Na ya, dεn de yuz di klitoris εn di skin we de rawnd fכ mek wan sכm sכm penis (phallus) we dεn kin stimulate εn yuz fכ pis.
• Phalloplasty: dis involv fכ tek di skin frכm כda pat na di bכdi (e.g., di an כ di thigh) εn graft am fכ mek penis.
• apat frכm dat, dεn kin mek wan skrotum bay we dεn de yuz implant dεm we lεk tεstikul dεm.

Fɔ mek yu luk lɛk uman (Transfeminine Bottom Surgery) .

di wan dεm we want fכ ridyus di lεvεl fכ di man כmon dεm na di bכdi kin du כpεrayshכn fכ pul di tεstikul dεm (orchiectomy) .

Di ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek vagina dɛn kɔl am vaginoplasty . insay dis prosidכs, dεn de yuz tisu frכm di penis εn put insay di pεlvik kεviti fכ mek wan vagina. Afta dis ɔpreshɔn, dɛn fɔ yuz spɛshal tin dɛn (dilators) fɔ mek di nyu vagina we dɛn dɔn mek nɔ lɔk.

Aw bɔku dis ɔpreshɔn kin tek?

Sɔm inshɔrans kɔmni dɛn kin pe fɔ dɛn ɔpreshɔn dɛn ya. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, inshɔrans polisi dɛn kin gɛt kloz dɛn we nɔ de put tin dɛn lɛk "savis dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit chenj pan mami ɛn dadi biznɛs." So, i bɛtɛ fɔ kɔl yu inshɔrans kɔmni ɛn aks dɛn bɔt dis.

If inshɔrans de kɔba yu, dɛn kin aks fɔ sɔm dɔkyumɛnt dɛn bifo dɛn gri fɔ du am.

• Wan mɛdikal ripɔt we de sho se dɛn dɔn no se yu gɛt Jɛnda Disfɔria: Jɛnda Disfɔria na di saykolojik distres ɛn diskɔmfɔt we kin kam bikɔs ɔf difrɛns bitwin di jɛnɛral aydentiti we dɛn bin gi yu we dɛn bɔn yu ɛn di jɛnɛral we yu rili fil se yu bi. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu wan not fɔ dis.
• Lɛta fɔ sɔpɔt frɔm mɛntɛl hεlth pɔrsin (e.g., saykayatrist, kɔlnɔ).

Dɛn ɔpreshɔn ya kin tek bɔku mɔni. So, if yu de du am na yu yon poket, i impɔtant fɔ no bifo tɛm bɔt di fi we ɔlman we gɛt fɔ du wit am, ivin di dɔktɔ dɛn we de du ɔpreshɔn, di wan dɛn we de anestez, di dɔktɔ dɛn we de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt maynd prɔblɛm, ɛn di wan dɛn we de gi advays.

Pɔst-ɔpareshɔn rikavari ɛn mental wɛlbɔdi

Di tɛm fɔ wɛl kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di kayn ɔpreshɔn we yu bin gɛt. pan ɔl we di swɛlin afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn di fes kin go dɔŋ insay lɛk tu wiks, di swɛlin afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn di bɔdi kin las fɔ 4 mɔnt ɔ mɔ.

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt ustɛm yu go ebul fɔ du tin dɛn we yu nɔ bin de du. Dɔn bak, mek shɔ se yu atɛnd di fɔlɔp apɔntinmɛnt dɛn afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn so dat yu dɔktɔ go chɛk if yu de wɛl fayn fayn wan.

Di wan dɛn we kin gɛt gud saykilɔjik sɔpɔt bifo dɛn du dɛn ɔpreshɔn kin gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ du. Wan stכdi sho se di nid fכ mental hεlth tritmεnt afta dεn כpεrayshכn bin rεdכks bay 8%.

If yu de tink bɔt dis kayn ɔpreshɔn, di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ tɔk to yu praymari dɔktɔ bɔt am. Dɛn kin tɔk bɔt di tin dɛn we yu go du we bɛtɛ fɔ yu ɛn gi yu di rayt gayd.