Religious (including Islamic) attitudes towards gender-confirming surgery

What is it about?

This chapter (co-authored with Leonard A. Sharezer, David A. Jones, Kelsey Jacob Pacha) 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.

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