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* One form of labiaplasty is surgery to take away the labia minora and/or majora. This can be part of [[genital nullification]]. | * One form of labiaplasty is surgery to take away the labia minora and/or majora. This can be part of [[genital nullification]]. | ||
* One form of labiaplasty is surgery to create labia as part of doing a vaginoplasty (surgery to create a vagina). | * One form of labiaplasty is surgery to create labia as part of doing a [[vaginoplasty]] (surgery to create a vagina). | ||
* One form of labiaplasty is surgery to create labia and the other parts of the vulva, but without vaginoplasty, so there are external genitals, but no orifice. Also called a [[minimum depth vaginoplasty | * One form of labiaplasty is surgery to create labia and the other parts of the vulva, but without vaginoplasty, so there are external genitals, but no orifice. Also called a [[vulvoplasty]] or minimum depth vaginoplasty. | ||
* Labia stretching. Not surgery, but a body modification practice that uses weights or methods of pulling over a long period of time to make the labia minora longer. | * Labia stretching. Not surgery, but a body modification practice that uses weights or methods of pulling over a long period of time to make the labia minora longer. | ||
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In addition to the uterus, this section also deals with some parts connected to the uterus: the fallopian tubes and cervix. Depending on what kind of body they started out with, a person can have one or more kinds of these surgeries, if there is something they want or need to change about their uterus. | In addition to the uterus, this section also deals with some parts connected to the uterus: the fallopian tubes and cervix. Depending on what kind of body they started out with, a person can have one or more kinds of these surgeries, if there is something they want or need to change about their uterus. | ||
* '''Uterus transplant'''. A few people have been given a uterus by transplant. | * '''[[Uterus transplant]]'''. A few people have been given a uterus by transplant. Some of those people were afterward able to gestate and give birth to healthy babies. The uterus had to then be removed, because it needed dangerous medicine to keep the body from rejecting the organ. This operation isn't available to transgender people currently. | ||
* '''[[Hysterectomy]]'''. Surgery to take away the uterus, and sometimes other parts of the reproductive system, depending on the specific kind of hysterectomy. | * '''[[Hysterectomy]]'''. Surgery to take away the uterus, and sometimes other parts of the reproductive system, depending on the specific kind of hysterectomy. | ||
* '''Hysterectomy without oophorectomy'''. Surgery to take away the uterus (and perhaps other parts of the reproductive organs, but without removing the gonads (ovaries), so the patient's body can still make hormones. | * '''Hysterectomy without [[oophorectomy]]'''. Surgery to take away the uterus (and perhaps other parts of the reproductive organs, but without removing the gonads (ovaries), so the patient's body can still make hormones. | ||
* '''Hysterectomy with [[vaginectomy]]'''. See elsewhere on this page. | * '''Hysterectomy with [[vaginectomy]]'''. See elsewhere on this page. | ||
* '''[[Tubal ligation]]'''. A form of sterilization. For people with a uterus, this operation is meant to make it virtually impossible for them to get pregnant. For nonbinary people whose only concern about their uterus is that a risk of pregnancy gives them gender dysphoria, this is an alternative to removing the uterus. This operation has no effect on the menstrual flow, cycle, or hormone balance. | * '''[[Tubal ligation]]'''. A form of sterilization. For people with a uterus, this operation is meant to make it virtually impossible for them to get pregnant. For nonbinary people whose only concern about their uterus is that a risk of pregnancy gives them gender dysphoria, this is an alternative to removing the uterus. This operation has no effect on the menstrual flow, cycle, or hormone balance. | ||
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* '''Penectomy with orchiectomy''', called '''[[emasculation]]'''. Surgery to take away the penis and testicles, without trying to make the genital area like that of a person who was assigned a [[female]] gender at birth. The result is a relatively featureless groin. Before the invention of vaginoplasty, this was the main surgery done on trans women and analogous [[gender-variant identities worldwide]]. Some such individuals still prefer this surgery, such as [[hijra]], because it is a traditional part of their gender expression outside the Western [[gender binary]]. Emasculation reduces a person's options for methods for getting a vaginoplasty later, because one of the most popular options uses tissue from the penis, but it can still be done. | * '''Penectomy with orchiectomy''', called '''[[emasculation]]'''. Surgery to take away the penis and testicles, without trying to make the genital area like that of a person who was assigned a [[female]] gender at birth. The result is a relatively featureless groin. Before the invention of vaginoplasty, this was the main surgery done on trans women and analogous [[gender-variant identities worldwide]]. Some such individuals still prefer this surgery, such as [[hijra]], because it is a traditional part of their gender expression outside the Western [[gender binary]]. Emasculation reduces a person's options for methods for getting a vaginoplasty later, because one of the most popular options uses tissue from the penis, but it can still be done. | ||
* '''Metoidioplasty with [[scrotoplasty]]'''. Surgical creation of a penis and balls, without changing the vagina, if the patient had one. Some such patients choose to get a vaginectomy in another operation, if the patient wants. Other patients are content to have a penis, balls, and vagina at the same time. | * '''Metoidioplasty with [[scrotoplasty]]'''. Surgical creation of a penis and balls, without changing the vagina, if the patient had one. Some such patients choose to get a vaginectomy in another operation, if the patient wants. Other patients are content to have a penis, balls, and vagina at the same time. | ||
* '''[[Genital nullification]]'''. This can mean a variety of different surgeries, depending on what the person's body was like to begin with, to take away most or all of their reproductive organs and genitals. Some nonbinary people seek this in order to be | * '''[[Genital nullification]]'''. This can mean a variety of different surgeries, depending on what the person's body was like to begin with, to take away most or all of their reproductive organs and genitals. Some nonbinary people seek this in order to be sexless. However, one need not have genital nullification in order to be genderless, because gender identity is different than physical sex. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||