subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Biological sex." The biological indication of male and
female in the context of reproductive potential or capacity,
such as sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones,
gonads and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present
at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological,
chosen or subjective experience of gender.
"Gender." The psychological, behavioral, social and cultural
aspects of being male or female.
"Gender affirmation treatment." Includes any medical service
that seeks to surgically or chemically alter or remove healthy
physical or anatomical characteristics or features of an
individual that are typical for the individual's biological sex,
in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical
characteristics that resemble a sex different from the
individual's biological sex, including genital gender
reassignment surgery or nongenital gender reassignment surgery
performed for the purpose of assisting the individual with a
gender transition.
"Gender transition." The process in which an individual goes
from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to
the biological sex of the individual to identifying with and
living as a gender different from the biological sex of the
individual. The term may involve social, legal or physical
changes.
"Genital gender reassignment surgery." A medical procedure
performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a
gender transition, including any of the following:
(1) A surgical procedure such as:
(i) penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty,
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