What was the operation that Lili Elbe went through called?
Gender reassignment surgery
Sex-change operation
Sexual transition surgery
Gender transition operation
Answer
Gender reassignment surgery, or sex reassignment surgery (SRS), is a medical procedure by which a person's physical sex characteristics are altered, typically to bring them into alignment with their gender identity. In the case of Lili Elbe, she underwent a series of operations to change her male anatomy into female anatomy, which included a hysterectomy, a penectomy, and the creation of a vagina.
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