User talk:Map's syndrome

sex affirmation procedure
The phrase "sex affirmation procedure" was first coined by Marcus Patterson early in the 21st centurty. The prhase is not intended to be used interchangedly with the concept of sex change or gender reassignment.

Rather the phrase encompasses a range of steps that a person may take to affirm their innate sex identity. this may include use of appropriate name, medical and/or surgical intervention, and or style of dress.

it is premised on the notion that people who affirm their sex identity do not change sex and are not a person of one sex seeeking to live as a memer of the opposite sex.