Sexual health

Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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contraceptive creams and jellies

Health care; Sexual health

Substances containing spermicide, which block and immobilize sperm and prevent it from joining with the egg. These are over-the-counter, reversible barrier methods of birth control. Used with ...

passing

Health care; Sexual health

Succeeding at being perceived as the gender with which one identifies regardless of sex assignment at birth. Some transpeople object to the term “passing,” because it may suggest that one is being ...

hot flashes / hot flushes

Health care; Sexual health

Sudden or gradual waves of body heat that last from 30 seconds to five minutes. Common in perimenopause and menopause.

tubal ligation

Health care; Sexual health

Surgical blocking of the fallopian tubes by tying them off. A form of tubal sterilization.

sex reassignment surgery (SRS)

Health care; Sexual health

Surgery to change the appearance of a person’s anatomy to match as closely as possible the anatomy of the opposite sex.

gender reassignment surgery

Health care; Sexual health

Surgery to change the appearance of a person’s anatomy to match as closely as possible the anatomy of the opposite sex.

microsurgery

Health care; Sexual health

Surgery utilizing a microscope to enable doctors to operate on very small areas. Microsurgery is used to target a specific area and to protect as much of the surrounding healthy tissue as possible.