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* Satisfying their region's requirements for changing their [[legal gender]]. (Some countries require [[transgender men]] to get hysterectomies in order to change their paperwork to say "male."<ref name="JeftovicStojanovic2018">{{cite journal|last1=Jeftovic|first1=M.|last2=Stojanovic|first2=B.|last3=Bizic|first3=M.|last4=Stanojevic|first4=D.|last5=Kisic|first5=J.|last6=Bencic|first6=M.|last7=Djordjevic|first7=M. L.|title=Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy in Female-to-Male Gender Affirmation Surgery: Comparison of Two Methods|journal=BioMed Research International|volume=2018|year=2018|pages=1β5|issn=2314-6133|doi=10.1155/2018/3472471|quote=In many countries, hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy is a condition for legal recognition of the male sex [...] it can be performed as an isolated procedure, or at the same time with mastectomy and/or sex reassignment surgery.}}</ref> Other countries don't require this specific procedure, and require only that they get some kind of "[[bottom surgery]]" in order to say that the person's "[[sex]]" has been changed. Some countries don't require any kind of bottom surgery for transgender men at all.) | * Satisfying their region's requirements for changing their [[legal gender]]. (Some countries require [[transgender men]] to get hysterectomies in order to change their paperwork to say "male."<ref name="JeftovicStojanovic2018">{{cite journal|last1=Jeftovic|first1=M.|last2=Stojanovic|first2=B.|last3=Bizic|first3=M.|last4=Stanojevic|first4=D.|last5=Kisic|first5=J.|last6=Bencic|first6=M.|last7=Djordjevic|first7=M. L.|title=Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy in Female-to-Male Gender Affirmation Surgery: Comparison of Two Methods|journal=BioMed Research International|volume=2018|year=2018|pages=1β5|issn=2314-6133|doi=10.1155/2018/3472471|quote=In many countries, hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy is a condition for legal recognition of the male sex [...] it can be performed as an isolated procedure, or at the same time with mastectomy and/or sex reassignment surgery.}}</ref> Other countries don't require this specific procedure, and require only that they get some kind of "[[bottom surgery]]" in order to say that the person's "[[sex]]" has been changed. Some countries don't require any kind of bottom surgery for transgender men at all.) | ||
Most kinds of hysterectomy make it so the person is very unlikely to get pregnant ([[sterilization]]). However, as long as there are still some parts of the ovaries and cervix, there may be some risk left of | Most kinds of hysterectomy make it so the person is very unlikely to get pregnant ([[sterilization]]). However, as long as there are still some parts of the ovaries and cervix, there may be some risk left of being able to get a very dangerous non-viable kind of pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy). Some kinds of hysterectomy make a person stop menstruating and go through menopause, though it doesn't necessarily get rid of all symptoms related to menstruation. | ||
It is possible for a hysterectomy to be performed at the same time as a [[Top_surgery#Mastectomy|mastectomy]] and/or a [[phalloplasty]], or it can be done on its own.<ref name="JeftovicStojanovic2018" /> | It is possible for a hysterectomy to be performed at the same time as a [[Top_surgery#Mastectomy|mastectomy]] and/or a [[phalloplasty]], or it can be done on its own.<ref name="JeftovicStojanovic2018" /> |