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===Social aspects=== {{redirect|Social transitioning|social changes on a societal level|Social change}} The social process of transitioning begins with '[[coming out]]', where others are told that one does not identify with their [[Sex assignment|birth sex]]. The newly out trans person may adopt a new name, ask to be referred to with a new set of pronouns, and change their presentation to better reflect their identity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olson |first1=Kristina R. |last2=Durwood |first2=Lily |last3=Horton |first3=Rachel |last4=Gallagher |first4=Natalie M. |last5=Devor |first5=Aaron |date=13 July 2022 |title=Gender Identity 5 Years After Social Transition |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/2/e2021056082/186992/Gender-Identity-5-Years-After-Social-Transition?autologincheck=redirected |access-date=2024-07-21 |journal=Pediatrics|volume=150 |issue=2 |doi=10.1542/peds.2021-056082 |pmid=35505568 |pmc=9936352 }}</ref><ref name="Bigner" /> Socially transitioning does not involve medical intervention or gender affirming surgery, but it may be a prerequisite to access transgender healthcare in some regions.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Shelley |last2=Crawley |first2=Jamie |last3=Kane |first3=Debbie |last4=Edmunds |first4=Kathryn |date=December 2021 |title=The process of transitioning for the transgender individual and the nursing imperative: A narrative review |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.14943 |journal=Journal of Advanced Nursing |language=en |volume=77 |issue=12 |pages=4646โ4660 |doi=10.1111/jan.14943 |pmid=34252206 |issn=0309-2402|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Rachlin |first=Katherine |title=Medical Transition without Social Transition: Expanding Options for Privately Gendered Bodies |url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-abstract/5/2/228/134507/Medical-Transition-without-Social |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=read.dukeupress.edu}}</ref> People may socially transition at any age, with documented cases of children as [[Transgender youth|young as 5]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Kennedy |first1=Natacha |last2=Hellen |first2=Mark |date=2010 |title=Transgender Children: more than a theoretical challenge |url=https://www.gjss.org/sites/default/files/issues/chapters/papers/Journal-07-02--02-Kennedy-Hellen.pdf |journal=Graduate Journal of Social Science}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olson |first1=Kristina R. |last2=Gรผlgรถz |first2=Selin |date=June 2018 |title=Early Findings From the TransYouth Project: Gender Development in Transgender Children |url=https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdep.12268 |journal=Child Development Perspectives |language=en |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=93โ97 |doi=10.1111/cdep.12268 |issn=1750-8592}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olson |first1=Kristina R. |last2=Key |first2=Aidan C. |last3=Eaton |first3=Nicholas R. |date=April 2015 |title=Gender Cognition in Transgender Children |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797614568156 |journal=Psychological Science |language=en |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=467โ474 |doi=10.1177/0956797614568156 |pmid=25749700 |issn=0956-7976|url-access=subscription }}</ref> or adults as [[Late transitioners|old as 75]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Fabbre |first=Vanessa D. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315731803-5/gender-transitions-later-life-significance-time-queer-aging-vanessa-fabbre |title=Gender Transitions in Later Life: The Significance of Time in Queer Aging |date=2015 |isbn=9781315731803 |doi=10.4324/9781315731803-5}}</ref> While many of those who socially transition will pursue a medical transition, not everyone can access gender affirming care, and not all may wish to pursue it.
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