About Transition

Transitioning (sex affirmation) involves three separate but interlocking areas of action.

Social actions are all the things you can do for yourself without involving doctors. These are things to do with aspects of your appearance, the way you dress, your hairstyle, body language and behaviour.

Medical actions include all the things you need a doctor to help you with, such as hormone treatment and surgery.

Legal actions are all the things connected with the legal system. Legally changing your name, correcting your birth certificate and correcting your sex at Medicare are a few examples.

Men and women who go through this sex affirmation process have a biological condition known as transsexualism or Harry Benjamin Syndrome (HBS).

About Transition

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