Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gender-affirmation surgeries nearly tripled between 2016 to 2019, which experts say highlights a greater need to support more ...

FILE - Chrissi Bates, who was the first patient to receive a gender-affirming vaginoplasty at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, sits at her home in this 2024 file photo. She is one of many ...

Gender affirming surgeries (GAS) can help a person feel more comfortable and live as their most authentic self. They involve using surgical procedures to change a person’s appearance. Everyone has a ...

If you’re considering getting phalloplasty or bottom surgery, it’s important to know what to expect. We’ve made this guide for all patients who are considering phalloplasty. Before your surgery, there ...

Aiden Vasquez, a 56-year-old resident of southeast Iowa, received a metoidioplasty, a type of "bottom surgery" meant to affirm a patient's genitalia to their gender identity. The procedure is among ...