Sentences with phrase «sex reassignment surgery»

The study finds that transgender women who received only hormone therapy had poorer metabolic health than transgender women who underwent sex reassignment surgery in addition to receiving hormone therapy.

Ebershoff's historical novel is loosely based on the life of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery in the 1920s.

Manning was born male, and was known as Bradley Manning before changing her name to Chelsea and suing for sex reassignment surgery and hormone treatments while in prison.

At a time when our culture and society is becoming far more accepting and understanding of the LGBT community, here comes the story of one of the first trans women to undergo sex reassignment surgery in The Danish Girl.

Reporter: I read somewhere that The Danish Girl [a film about Danish painter Lili Elbe, one of the first transgender women to receive sex reassignment surgery] is next for you?

Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Babin of Woodville, Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi and Louie Gohmert of Tyler focused on the costs to the military of covering sex reassignment surgeries, rather than the outright ban on military participation.

The city was dubbed the «Sex Change Capital of the World,» after a local doctor gained a reputation for openly operating one of the first practices that performed sex reassignment surgeries in the 20th century.

To back this up, Dr. Stroumsa calls for federal grants to help fund educational programs teaching postgraduate - level medical care of transgender patients, including sex reassignment surgery.

Lieutenant Marty has not had sex reassignment surgery as part of the transition plan and is working with his MMP on a plan to start a family.

Cervical cancer can still occur in FTM transgender men, the majority of whom do not undergo complete sex reassignment surgery or undergo total hysterectomy later in life.

Using sophisticated dating technology, each participant has already been matched with their ideal other half in the house, and it's their job to uncover Sex reassignment surgery or SRS (also known as gender reassignment surgery, gender confirmation surgery, genital reconstruction surgery, gender - affirming

(Consider also the film that would yet nobble it of a Jury Award, João Pedro Rodrigues» Morrer Como Um Homem [To Die Like a Man]: early on in that overesteemed, if beautifully lensed, potboiler, a discussion about the merits of sex reassignment surgery occurs while one of the two trans - characters involved deliberates over whether to buy some orchids... Always with the fucking orchids!)

This is the fictionalised reimagining of the story of Lili Elbe, formerly Einar Wegener, the pioneering transgender artist from Denmark who, in 1930, was one of the first people to undertake sex reassignment surgery.

And yet, The Danish Girl — a historical melodrama about one of the first male - to - female sex reassignment surgeries — is a relatively restrained and sensitive piece of work.

Although Tom Hooper's film is ostensibly about Lili Elbe (nee Einar Wegener), the 1920s sex reassignment surgery pioneer (played by Redmayne), it's Alicia Vikander («Ex Machina») as Elbe's spouse Gerda whose star rises ever higher here.

What of the decision for sex reassignment surgery (SRS), which can involve hormone replacement therapy and an array of reconstructive genital operations?

Sunny introduces us to a transgender woman who has recently undergone sex reassignment surgery - and has her first sexual encounter with a man.

In light of Eddie Redmayne playing Lili Elbe, the first transgender woman to successful receive sex reassignment surgery, in «The Danish Girl,» TheWrap takes a look at 9 other actors who have taken on transgender roles

But Goldman, whose benefits package covers sex reassignment surgery, decided to start measuring its own LGBT inclusivity roughly a year ago.

The city was dubbed the «Sex Change Capital of the World,» after a local doctor gained a reputation for openly operating one of the first practices that performed sex reassignment surgeries in the 20th century.

A top priority, she recommends, is that all health care programs funded by the federal government be required to provide coverage of care — including sex reassignment surgery — while transgender patients make the physical transition to the sex matching their gender identity.

Their story had passed through names like Tomas Alfredson and Lasse Hallstrom, with the roles of Lili and Gerda being slated for actresses such as Charlize Theron and Rachel Weisz, but ultimately Eddie Redmayne wound up in the part of Lili, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery, with Alicia Vikander as her supportive wife Gerda.

Some arguments for the HHS contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act assume as much, as do more recent efforts by the Obama administration to pressure insurers to cover sex reassignment surgery.

For Sawyer, now Sara, transitioning eventually meant using hormones and undergoing sex reassignment surgery.

New York is likely to sue the Trump administration over a proposed rule intended to allow health care providers to decline to provide medical care — like abortion or sex reassignment surgery — for «religious, moral, ethical,» or other reasons.

For instance, a previous study discovered significant differences between male and female brains in four regions of white matter — and that female - to - male trans individuals who hadn't had sex reassignment surgery had white matter in these regions that more closely resembled a male brain.

«Sex reassignment surgery may be better for transgender women's health than hormones only: Study investigates metabolic disease risk after receiving only hormone therapy compared to surgery.»

He would just dress in drag, but he has never undergone a sex reassignment surgery.

Lili Elbe becomes the first transgender person to undergo sex reassignment surgery, which shakes her marriage to Gerda Wegener.

The documentary about Chaz Bono's sex reassignment surgery and the reaction of his family and friends is part of OWN's Documentary Film Club series.

That's a bit of an understatement for Redmayne, who picked up the best actor Oscar for portraying Stephen Hawking in 2014's The Theory of Everything and is already getting some awards season buzz for his role in The Danish Girl, in which he plays Lili Elbe, one of the first known people to receive sex reassignment surgery.

Adapted from David Ebershoff «s novel of the same name, The Danish Girl focuses on the relationship between Einer Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), later Lili Elebe, one of the first men to undergo a sex reassignment surgery and her wife Greta (Alicia Vikander), whose marriage and relationship evolves as they navigate Lili's journey as a transgender pioneer.

The story of Lili Elbe, a celebrated painter who became better known in 1930 as one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, the film charts her feminine evolution largely through her succession of richly brocaded gowns.

Based on David Ebershoff's novel of the same name, the movie narrates the life of Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne), one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

Tom Hooper's just - sophisticated - enough re-telling of the life of Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, is all about the desire of female forms; a typical scene finds Elbe watching a peep show, copying a stripper's movements until she notices through the glass, and the two enter into a mirror pas de deux.

Adding some depth in limited roles are Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) as Hans, Einar's childhood friend all grown up, and Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) as the pioneering doctor who performs the sex reassignment surgeries that physically transition Einar into Lili.

The Danish Girl, which stars Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander, and is directed by Tom Hooper, chronicles key events in the life of Elbe — formerly known as Einar Wegener — who is one of the first people known to have undergone sex reassignment surgery.

In truth, the real Elbe, one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, may very well be.

The biopic tells the story of artist Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

The details: An adaptation of David Ebershoff's novel, itself a fictionalized re-telling of the life of Lili Elbe, the transgender artist and model who became one of the first people to receive sex reassignment surgery.

His determination to change his fate, first by dressing as a woman, then taking on a new identity as Lili Elbe and becoming one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, is the subject of «The Danish Girl,» a new movie based on David Ebershoff's 2000 novel.

Gender Confirmation Surgery — An updated term for sex reassignment surgery, one step in the medical transition process that some trans people undergo.

The Danish Girl, opening in limited release Friday, is based on the real - life story of early 20th - century painter Lili Elbe (born Einar Wegener), one of the first known people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and her wife, a painter named Gerda.

Feeling that he is not meant to live his life as a man any longer, he begins to become distant from his loving wife, a move which leads to his quest to have sex reassignment surgery.

Director Tom Hooper takes on the story, which is based on the 2000 novel of the same name by David Ebershoff which centers around Lili Elbe, a Danish transgender woman and one of the first identifiable recipients of sex reassignment surgery.