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Surgery for Bodies Commonly Gendered as Male

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This chapter explores the history of surgery for birth-assigned males who have a non-binary gender, principally by orchidectomy. It goes on to outline techniques currently in use to treat non-binary individuals with a male phenotype, such as bilateral orchidectomy, and variations on genital reconstruction without vaginoplasty, and modified labioplasty.

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  • Bellringer, J. (2007). Genital Surgery. In J. Barrett (Ed.), Transsexualism and Other Disorders of Gender Identity (pp. 209–219). Oxford: Radcliffe.

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  1. Parkside Hospital, London, UK

    James Bellringer

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  1. Nottingham Center for Transgender Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Christina Richards

  2. Nottingham Center for Transgender Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Walter Pierre Bouman

  3. Psychology in the Social Sciences, The Open University Psychology in the Social Sciences, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    Meg-John Barker

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Bellringer, J. (2017). Surgery for Bodies Commonly Gendered as Male. In: Richards, C., Bouman, W., Barker, MJ. (eds) Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders. Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51053-2_12

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