"gender-affirming" meaning in All languages combined

See gender-affirming on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more gender-affirming [comparative], most gender-affirming [superlative]
Etymology: From gender + affirming, "bringing into conformance with [the person's] gender". Etymology templates: {{m|en|gender}} gender, {{m|en|affirm|affirming}} affirming Head templates: {{en-adj|}} gender-affirming (comparative more gender-affirming, superlative most gender-affirming)
  1. (euphemistic, medicine) Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender person. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Medicine, Transgender

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