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Transitioning is a complicated process that involves any or all of the gendered aspects of a person's life. People may choose elements based on their own gender identity, body image, personality, finances, and sometimes the attitudes of others. Varying degrees of experimentation are used from person to person to know which individual changes would fit them best and what methods they should use to attain their new personal identity. Transitioning also varies between cultures and subcultures according to differences in the societies' views of gender. The following are some common aspects of transitioning which obviously aren't required but are generally regarded as important steps in the process as a whole:


 * Social, psychological, and aesthetic aspects
 * Coming out – The process of revealing ones new (or previously hidden) gender identity to loved ones or personal friends that takes place as one is preparing to live their new life as their preferred gender. This is a very stressful task to achieve and one that can often result in the development of various mental health issues depending on the perceived reaction of an individual’s family or peers.
 * Adopting mannerisms or appearance consistent with the new gender role- Men and Women act differently in different contexts, and adapting to the new behaviors can be a struggle, especially with the pressure that one faces to look as natural as possible. Something as simple as sitting down or walking across a room can easily be a reminder of one’s former gender simply by how the action is mentally and physically performed. Therefore, a lot of effort is put into making oneself feel like they are acting naturally while passing as the person they want to be . This might also include wearing different clothing in order to feel more physically comfortable presenting oneself in front of their peers, adopting new grooming/makeup techniques, or styling one's hair differently.
 * Legal Aspects
 * Legally changing one's name - A name is a very personal part of somebody's identity, and if someone's name is of a different gender than their identified one it can cause considerable dysphoria and serve as a reminder of their current misaligned status. Therefore, name changes are extremely common in the transgender community for people who feel like their birth given names don't accurately represent their current personal life.
 * Having one's legal sex marker changed on documents such as driver licenses, birth certificates, passports, and in the US, Social Security cards.
 * In some countries, being exempted from the military draft for MTF individuals, or being required to register for it for FTM individuals.


 * Physical aspects
 * Surgical procedures including, but not limited to;
 * Genitoplasty – Many transgender patients will get their genitalia changed or completely altered in order to conform to their desired sex. In male to female individuals this often occurs in the form of a vaginoplasty, or the construction of new female genitalia from their formerly male body parts. In this surgery, is the “'penile inversion technique', where the testicles are removed together with the cavernous penis bodies completely, and from the rest of the male genitalia, female external genitals are formed: a clitoris is formed from the part of the glans of the penis with a neurovascular hedge, and from the skin of the penis and scrotum form the vulva and vagina” . In female to male patients, this process is essentially reversed, with the same surgical team changing the procedure to instead have the “removal of the vagina, release of the clitoris ligaments and correction of the ventral horde, correction and prolongation of the clitoris, reconstruction of the urethra by using buccal mucosa and genital flaps, as well as reconstruction of the scrotum with the implantation of the testis denture” . These are meant to give patients a better sexual experience and allow them to more easily adapt to life as their desired sex with their partners or out in society.
 * Chest - In male to female patients this might include breast augmentation to a larger size than what could be considered possible with hormone therapy and in female to male patients this could include a mastectomy in order to remove breast tissue (or even the entirety of both breasts).
 * Vocal chords – One’s voice is a vital part of their identity, so in order to circumvent vocal therapy some transgender patients might consider getting their vocal chords surgically altered to have their voice more accurately fit their desired gender.
 * Hormone replacement therapy – One of the most important steps in the transition process is hormone therapy. This is done through the intentional administration of various hormones into a patient’s body over the course of many months or years in order to change one’s appearance and other mental/sexual characteristics. In male to female patients, this often takes the form of estrogen injections, and in female to male; testosterone.
 * Permanent hair reduction with laser hair removal, electrolysis, or intense pulsed light (IPL) – This step is generally more common in male to female patients than with female to male or non-binary ones considering the level of hair present in males compared to females. Ones body hair can be a major source of dysphoria, and removal is highly sought after especially on the legs and face of an individual patient in order to ensure proper maintenance which may be unachievable with simply shaving the aforementioned areas.
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 * Changing one's speaking and/or singing voice with voice training- As one’s voice is a vital part of their personality, having a voice which misaligns with one’s gender is a source of a large amount of dysphoria. It can cause a notable incongruence in both ones social life and in their psychological well being. One’s voice is how they present themselves to the world, and in order to properly feel like a member of their desired sex, transgender individuals will often go through vocal training in order to raise/lower their voice in accordance with their desired gender. Vocal training can include doing exercises to change the pitch or resonance of ones voice or doing role playing exercises in order to get a feel for the social interactions they might face in the future and how to properly respond in their new gender’s context. In male to female patients, the goal is to raise the pitch and add more of an inflexion to ones voice, and in female to male patients, it is to lower the pitch and make it sound more monotonous. These aim to make those transitioning feel more comfortable in their bodies and aid them in fitting in with other members of their desired sex.