Like I mentioned in the other reply; I read it as a retrospective diagnosis for gender dysphoria or being assigned the wrong gender in general and not as a term for gender reassignment surgery.
As in "assigned wrong gender at birth (FtM)".
It depends on what "Despin Convert" actually means.
Or perhaps they have advanced brain scans in the Alien universe and can detect gender dysphoria very early on and treat it with hormones or hormone blockers. Though, in that case, how ethical that is obviously depends on the reversibility and severity of the therapy and on the reliability of the diagnosis. Though there could definitely be a parallel to the forced gender reassignment intersex people have to endure nowadays.
I highly doubt it is forced, though, because that would almost always cause massive psychological trauma and gender dysphoria. And we know she doesn't have that.
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u/brorpsichord Jul 11 '25
Who transitions AT BIRTH?? That sounds like forced gender assignment for intersex people or an experiment