<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>479</termId><termName>Transitioning</termName><termType>TT</termType><termLanguage>en-US</termLanguage><termVocabulary>COEXISTENCE  - Thesaurus of intersectionality  and decolonial issues: black studies, gender, sexuality  and feminist studies</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Transitioning</termSortkey><termNote label="Scope"><![CDATA[ <p>The steps a trans person may take to live in the gender with which they identify. Each person’s transition will involve different things. For some this involves medical intervention, such as hormone therapy and surgeries, but not all trans people want or are able to have this. Transitioning also might involve things such as telling friends and family, dressing differently and changing official documents.</p>
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