I know you're (mostly) not doctors, but . . .

soozievt
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:40:08 +0000

Sex reassignment surgery (initialized as SRS; also known as genital reconstruction surgery, sex affirmation surgery, '“sex realignment surgery”'or sex-change operation) is a term for the surgical procedures by which a person’s physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that of the other sex. It is part of a treatment for gender identity disorder/gender dysphoria in transsexual and transgender people. It may also be performed on intersex people, often in infancy. Other terms for SRS include gender reassignment surgery, sex reconstruction surgery, genital reconstruction surgery, gender confirmation surgery, and more clinical terms, such as feminizing genitoplasty or penectomy, orchidectomy and vaginoplasty are used medically for trans women, with masculinizing genitoplasty often similarly used for trans men.



[S-R-S Surgery-? Sex-Change Operation?](http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/gynecology/2067172-surgery-sex-change-operation/)



genital reconstruction surgery (GRS): Sometimes also referred to as “genital reassignment surgery,” “bottom surgery,” or “lower surgery.” For trans men, this is the process of constructing a phallus/***** from an individual’s own donor tissue (this is usually referred to as “phalloplasty”), or the process of “freeing up” the enlarged clitoris from its connective tissue (the clitoris is typically elongated and changed somewhat in appearance as a result of testosterone therapy) so that it is presented on the body in a more phallic/*****-like manner (this is usually referred to as “metoidioplasty”). Scrotal implants may or may not be added during these procedures. To learn more about genital reconstruction surgery, click here. See also “phalloplasty” and “metoidioplasty.”



[Hudson’s Guide: FTM Basics: Terminology](Hudson's Guide: FTM Basics: Terminology)

If you don’t like the source of the quotes, that’s fine. I don’t wish to argue that with you. The fact is that Donna L. is transgendered and has had the surgery and I think she would know more about correct usage of terms than you or I. Attacking my intelligence is a personal attack. You have already gone after Donna.