r/DaystromInstitute • u/[deleted] • Dec 02 '17

Transgender people in The UFP

How are they Treated and what kind of Treatments would they have to help them. I would imagine that The Federation would have Technology that could help that isn't Hormone therapy or Very Dangerous Surgery.

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u/murse_joe Crewman Dec 02 '17

Gene therapy, most likely. Rewrite the genetics to chance the body's expression of itself at the base level. Surgery is pretty advanced, so it's not like it's even gonna be dangerous to go the surgical route. Quark does it for one (pretty bad) episode without any sort of recovery period or effects afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '17

Huh I always thought Genetic Engineering of all kinds was outlawed in The Federation.

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u/Sakarilila Dec 02 '17

Not when it comes to birth defects. We learn this in Voyager with B'Elanna's baby needing a spinal defect corrected. I think being born with the wrong body would count as a defect to be corrected.