{"id":384,"date":"2024-09-30T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/gender-reassignment\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:08:08","slug":"gender-reassignment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/gender-reassignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Reassignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we talk about gender reassignment, we mean when a person is proposing to undergo, undergoing or has undergone a process to reassign their sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transgender or trans<\/strong> people have a gender identity that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. A trans person may identify as a man, woman, trans man, trans woman or non-binary person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Non-binary <\/strong>describes people who identify as having a gender which is in-between or beyond the two categories of man or woman, as fluctuating between man and woman or as having no gender, either permanently or some of the time. Many non-binary people consider themselves to be part of the wider trans community. However, not all non-binary people consider themselves to be trans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People\u2019s experiences of discrimination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are sometimes treated unfairly because of something to do with their gender reassignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of discrimination may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deliberately using incorrect pronouns when addressing transgender colleagues or patients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An unreasonable refusal to agree a request for time off work for part of a gender reassignment process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making derogatory comments about or using offensive language to describe trans people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=11dIo_tOrFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The NHS share Jay\u2019s experiences of his transition from female to male.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Being a trans man- Jay&#039;s Story | NHS\" width=\"1520\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/11dIo_tOrFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The NHS share Jay\u2019s experiences of his transition from female to male.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=REIV1HNc5ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh Children\u2019s Hospital Charity shares a video about Ask, Don\u2019t Guess in Children\u2019s services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask Don&#039;t Guess | ECHC | LGBT Charter\" width=\"1520\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/REIV1HNc5ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edinburgh Children\u2019s Hospital Charity shares a video about Ask, Don\u2019t Guess in Children\u2019s services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/non-binary-working-group-report-recommendations-march-2022\/pages\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Government non-binary equality working group report and recommendations<\/a> share a person\u2019s experience of being non binary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs an agender non-binary person, my life experiences have been shaped by a gender most people do not understand, include, or even know about. Nobody ever expects to meet a non-binary person, and they are not looking for us even when they know we exist. Unless I say &#8220;I&#8217;m non-binary&#8221; people assign a binary gender based on appearance and assume binary pronouns, which are always wrong for me. It makes a big difference to my mental health when people use they\/them pronouns for me, but the education and coming out process is tiring and never-ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world is currently a very binary environment, with a historical and ongoing obsession with describing, organising, and categorising everything as male or female, masculine or feminine. So, when you don&#8217;t fit into either of the categories, it can leave you feeling isolated and excluded. There&#8217;s no need for it to be this way, but the systems are set up to perpetuate it, and taking part in society often means making a choice between female and male categories, which to me always feels like lying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful Links:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mygenderation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch films produced by My Genderation that celebrate trans lives and trans experiences. <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bbcthree\/clip\/eb39cad3-6170-4141-8b28-757b3579f076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch a BBC video about &#8216;Things not to say to a non-binary&#8217; to share experiences of being non-binary.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_ZtosKu8k7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Equality and Human Rights Commission share Professor Whittle\u2019s experiences of his transition from female to male.<\/a> This video is from 2008 and some of the terminology about sex and gender has changed since it was filmed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m9l75EKNYfg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Genderation share a video about transgender people&#8217;s experiences of healthcare.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/transgender-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Future learn have a course about Transgender Healthcare: Caring for Trans patients.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about gender reassignment, we mean when a person is proposing to undergo, undergoing or has undergone a process to reassign their sex. 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