gender-affirming /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ.əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/ adjective1 •Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender or intersex person.Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House. — 2023
