Religious Attitudes Toward Gender-Confirming Surgery

Leonard Scharzer, David Jones, Mehrdad Alipour, Kelsey Jacob Pacha

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Abstract

This chapter explores the attitudes of the world’s major religions toward transgender/gender-diverse people and GCS. Within each of these faith traditions, mainline Protestantism, Evangelical Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and others, there is a range of opinions as to whether GCS is prohibited, permitted, or obligatory to affect a change in gender for religious/ritual purposes. Some religions distinguish between genital and non-genital GCS. It is important for the surgeon to understand what resources might exist for the patient from within their faith community.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGender Confirmation Surgery
EditorsLoren S. Schechter
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherSpringer
Pages237-257
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-29093-1
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-29092-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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