Me ako tātou mō te pokanga whakaū i te ira tangata.

E hiahia ana tātou katoa kia harikoa ki tō tātou āhua. Ki ētahi, ko te whakaatu i te ao ko wai rātou. Inaa, ko te pokanga hei whakarerekē i tō rātou āhua he mea e whiriwhiria ana e te tini o te tangata i ēnei rā. Engari ki te tangata whakawhiti ira tangata, ehara i te takirua rānei, he mea hohonu ake. Ko te whakaū i tō rātou tuakiri tūturu, te whakataurite i ō rātou hinengaro me tō rātou tinana. I tēnei rā, e kōrero ana tātou mō tētahi o aua pokanga, ko te Pokanga Whakaū Ira Tangata .

Me pēhea te huri hei tangata whakawhiti ira tangata, hei tangata ehara i te tangata rua rānei?

He tino māmā noa iho. Whakaarohia, ina whānau mai he pēpi, ka tirohia e tātou ōna ira tangata, ka whakatauhia mēnā he tama, he kōtiro rānei. Ka kiia tēnā ko te "ira tangata i whakaritea i te whānautanga." Engari i ētahi wā, i te tipu haere o te tamaiti, ka kite tātou kāore ōna kare ā-roto, arā, tōna "tuakiri ira tangata", e ōrite ana ki te ira tangata i whakaritea i te whānautanga.

Hei tauira, ko te tangata i tohua he tāne i tōna whānautanga, tera pea ka whakaaro hohonu ia he wahine ia. Koinei te mea e kiia nei e tātou he ira tāne .

Ko te hunga kore-rua e pā ana ki te hunga e whakaaro ana kāore e taea te whakarōpū katoa i a rātou he "wahine" he "tāne" rānei. Ko rātou te hunga he tuakiri kei tua atu i ēnei pouaka e rua.

He maha ngā huarahi a ēnei tāngata ki te whakarerekē i ō rātou āhua kia rite ki ō rātou āhua o roto. Ko ētahi ka whakarerekē i ō rātou āhua mā te whakamahi i ngā kākahu, i ngā momo makawe, me te hanga-kanohi. Ko ētahi ka tahuri ki te rongoā homoni. Ko ētahi ka whiriwhiri i te pokanga ka taea te whakarerekē tuturu i ō rātou tinana me ō rātou kanohi.

Pokanga kanohi

He mea tino noa te pokanga kirihou hei whakarerekē i te āhua o te mata. Ka taea e ia te āwhina i te tangata ki te whakapai ake i tō rātou whakapono ki a rātou anō, me te noho pai ki a rātou anō. Ka taea hoki e te hunga whakawhiti ira te whakamahi i tēnei pokanga hei whakarerekē i te āhua o ō rātou mata kia rite ki ō rātou tuakiri.

Pokanga e whakarerekē ana i te āhua o te uma (Pokanga Runga)

He mea tino noa hoki te pokanga ū. Ka kiia tēnei ko te "pokanga o runga" mō te poto.

• Pokanga Tihi Whakawhiti Wahine: Ki te hiahia te tangata ki tētahi uma e āhua wahine ake ana, ka mahia ngā whakatō ū. He rite tēnei ki te pokanga e mahia ana hei whakanui ake i ngā ū.

• Mō te āhua tāne ake (Pokanga Runga Transmasculine): Ki te hiahia te tangata ki tētahi uma papatahi me te āhua tāne ake, ka mahia he pokanga whakaiti ū (he rite ki te mastectomy). Ko te tikanga o tēnei ko te tango i te kiko ū me te whakapapatahi i te uma. Ka taea hoki te neke i ngā uma kia rite ki te uma tāne noa.

Pokanga o raro

He tino uaua ēnei pokanga, ā, me āwhina e ngā tākuta he nui ō rātou wheako ki te pokanga whakato wheua.

Mō te āhua tāne (Pokanga Papa Transmasculine)

Ka whiriwhiri ētahi tāne whakawhiti ira tangata kia tangohia ō rātou kōpū me ō rātou ovaries. Ka taea tēnei mā te tango i te kōpū. Ka whakaitihia e tēnei ngā taumata o ngā homoni wahine i roto i te tinana, ā, ka mutu te paheketanga o ia marama.

Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakarerekē i te ira tangata o waho, ka taea e koe te hanga ure. He maha ngā huarahi hei mahi i tēnei:

• Metoidioplasty: I konei, ka whakamahia te clitoris me te kiri e karapoti ana hei hanga i tētahi ure iti (phallus) ka taea te whakaohooho me te whakamahi mō te mimi.
• Phalloplasty: Ko te tango i te kiri mai i tētahi atu wāhanga o te tinana (hei tauira, te ringa, te huha rānei) ka honoa hei hanga ure.
• Hei tāpiritanga, ka taea te hanga i tētahi kiriuhi whekau mā te whakamahi i ngā tāpiringa he rite te āhua ki ngā rae.

Mō te āhua wahine (Pokanga Papa Whakawhiti Wahine)

Ko te hunga e hiahia ana ki te whakaiti i te taumata o ngā homoni tāne i roto i te tinana, ka taea e rātou te mahi pokanga hei tango i ngā poro (orchiectomy) .

Ko te pokanga hei hanga i te tara ka kiia ko te vaginoplasty . I roto i tēnei tikanga, ka whakamahia te kiko o te ure ka whakaurua ki roto i te kōhao pelvis hei hanga i te tara. Whai muri i tēnei pokanga, me whakamahi ngā taputapu motuhake (ngā whakawhanui) hei ārai i te kati o te tara hou kua hangaia.

E hia te utu mō tēnei pokanga?

Ka utua e ētahi kamupene inihua ēnei pokanga. Heoi, i roto i te nuinga o ngā wā, tera pea he rarangi kei roto i ngā kaupapa here inihua e kore e uru ki ngā mea pēnei i te "ratonga e pā ana ki te whakawhiti ira tangata." Nō reira, he pai ake te waea atu ki tō kamupene inihua me te pātai atu ki a rātou mō tēnei.

Mena kei raro koe i te inihua, ka tono pea rātou i ētahi tuhinga i mua i te whakaae.

• He pūrongo hauora e kī ana kua tāpaetia koe ki te Gender Dysphoria: Ko te Gender Dysphoria te mamae hinengaro me te kore whakamarie i puta mai i te rerekētanga i waenga i te tuakiri ira tangata i whakawhiwhia ki a koe i te whānautanga me te ira tangata e whakaaro ana koe ko koe tonu. Ka taea e tō tākuta te tuku tuhinga mō tēnei.
• He reta tautoko mai i tētahi tohunga hauora hinengaro (hei tauira, he tohunga hinengaro, he kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro).

He nui te utu mō ēnei pokanga. Nō reira, ki te mea kei te mahi koe i tēnei mai i tāu ake pēke, he mea nui kia mōhio koe ki ngā utu a te hunga katoa e whai wāhi ana, tae atu ki ngā taote pokanga, ngā tohunga whakamoe, ngā tohunga hinengaro, me ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, i mua i te wā.

Te whakaoranga i muri i te pokanga me te oranga hinengaro

Ka rerekē te wā whakaora i runga i te momo pokanga i mahia ki a koe. Ahakoa ka memeha te pupuhi i muri i te pokanga kanohi i roto i te rua wiki pea, ka roa pea te pupuhi i muri i te pokanga ira tangata mō te 4 marama, neke atu rānei.

Kōrero ki tō tākuta mō te wā ka taea e koe te hoki ki ngā mahi o ia rā. Me whakarite hoki kia tae atu koe ki ngā wā tirotiro whai muri i te pokanga kia taea ai e tō tākuta te tirotiro kei te ora pai koe.

He pai ake ngā hua mō te hunga e whiwhi tautoko hinengaro pai ana i mua i te pokanga. I kitea i roto i tētahi rangahau kua heke te hiahia mō te maimoatanga hauora hinengaro i muri i te pokanga mā te 8%.

Mena kei te whakaaro koe ki tēnei momo pokanga, ko te mahi tuatahi ko te kōrero ki tō tākuta tiaki tuatahi mō tēnei mea. Ka taea e rātou te matapaki i ngā kōwhiringa e pai ana mōu, me te tuku tohutohu tika ki a koe.