pre-medical-transition transgender person pre-surgical-transition transgender person http://homosaurus.org/v2/preOperative A transgender person who would like to become engaged in the process of surgical gender transition or any of its associated processes. A transgender person's operation status is private. It is inappropriate to discuss their status unprompted. Only use "pre-op" or "pre-operative" if there is first discussion about the topic and the person indicates that they do plan on obtaining surgery at some point; otherwise, use non-operative. pre-surgical-transition transgender people pre-surgical-transition transgender persons preoperative transgender person