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sex change

process by which a living being changes sexual characteristics, either naturally (in some species) or by medical intervention
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sex change

Summary

sex change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sex change is a type of transitioning[2].
  • sex change is a type of change[3].
  • sex change comprises gender-affirming surgery[4].
  • sex change comprises sequential hermaphroditism[5].
  • sex change's facet of is recorded as transsexualism[6].
  • sex change's depicted by is recorded as Sex change[7].
  • sex change's different from is recorded as gender change[8].
  • sex change's different from is recorded as gender-affirmative care[9].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include transitioning[2] and change[3].

Use and Application

Components include gender-affirming surgery[4] and sequential hermaphroditism[5], a sex-determination system[10].

Why It Matters

sex change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sex-change_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sex change}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sex-change}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · ~2026-37956-45 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → gender change, gender-affirmative care
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q7458486]]"
  2. 7w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Sex_Change
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Sex_Change, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 8w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → transsexualism
    Subclass of → transitioning, change
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → gender-affirming surgery, sequential hermaphroditism
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
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