Opinion

What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery

Corinna Cohn, a software developer in Indianapolis, is an officer in the Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network.

When I was 19, I had surgery for sex reassignment, or what is now called gender affirmation surgery. The callow young man who was obsessed with transitioning to womanhood could not have imagined reaching middle age. But now I’m closer to 50, keeping a watchful eye on my 401(k), and dieting and exercising in the hope that I’ll have a healthy retirement.