Gender reassignment is a process where a person decides to change the gender that they assigned at birth. In other words, female characteristics are substituted for males and vice versa.
Yes, I have watched a few shows about gender reassignment. Seems to be a very difficult surgery.
I would think the surgery would be very difficult where body parts are reconstructed and a trans gendered person's physical appearance and function are altered to socially align with the identity they choose.
Yes, I know they have to take quite a bit of medication to alter their hormones as well. Where women mimic male hormones and vice versa.
Sex reassignment surgery
Sex reassignment surgery (SRS), also known as gender reassignment surgery (GRS) and several other names, is a surgical procedure (or procedures) by which a transgender person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that socially associated with their identified gender. It is part of a treatment for gender dysphoria in transgender people.
Professional medical organizations have established Standards of Care that apply before someone can apply for and receive reassignment surgery, including psychological evaluation, and a
are male to female cross dressers and vice versa for characters, especially with certain time periods.
History of transgender people in China Early sexual reassignment surgery.
Sex and gender were arguably fluid within the late Ming and early Qing dynasties as many female infants were forced into sex changes to be males. This, in turn, affected those children into living transgender lives, whether through physical transformation or—if there were not a sex change—continuous cross-dressing.
History of transgender people in China Laws regarding gender reassignment.