What Are Stages of Gender Transition?
Dr. Z covers how transgender people transition. What exactly is involved in a gender transition? Are there steps to follow? Does it really happen in stages—one stage after another? Is it a linear process or not a linear process?
Broadly speaking, gender transition is the process of changing the way you look and how people see you so that you can become the gender that you feel on the inside.
It's really important to keep in mind that there is no right or wrong way to transition. There is just your way—and she can't stress this enough in this video. There's really only your way to transition. That's because transition is a very personal process. Apart from being very personal, it is also highly dependent on various factors—your support system (or lack of), your financial resources (or lack of), your access to medical care, how old you are, how comfortable you are coming out at this point in your life, and even geographic area where you live are just some of the factors.
Generally she likes to break down gender transition into four types of transition stages: social, legal, medical, and surgical.
Watch to find out what each stage involves and why it's not a linear process.
