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Biological Sex and Gender in the United States
By: Risa Aria Schnebly
| Published: Jun 13, 2022
In the United States, most people are assigned both a biological sex and gender at birth based on their chromosomes and reproductive organs.…
GenderGender-nonconforming peopleGender transitionGender expressionGender Nonconformity
Harold Delf Gillies (1882-1960)
By: Riley McInnis
| Published: May 31, 2022
Harold Delf Gillies performed one of the first sexual reassignment surgeries, termed gender affirmation surgeries as of 2022, on record in 1946 in…
PhalloplastyGender Reassignment SurgeryGender transitionSurgery, PlasticPedicle flaps (Surgery)
Phalloplasty
By: Riley McInnis
| Published: May 11, 2022
Phalloplasty is a type of surgery that takes existing skin, tissue, and nerves from surrounding areas on a patient’s body to repair or form a…
TechnologyPhalloplastyGender Reassignment SurgeryGender transitionSurgery, Plastic
Sex Determination in Humans
By: Risa Aria Schnebly
| Published: Jul 16, 2021
In humans, sex determination is the process that determines the biological sex of an offspring and, as a result, the sexual characteristics that they…
Sex DeterminationGenetic sex determinationIntersex peopleDiscrimination against intersex peopleStevens, N. M. (Nettie Maria), 1861-1912