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They're not changing gender, they're changing their body to match their gender.
Sure, but does that mean you can also change your body to match your race? Like isn't race also a social construct?
Irish people weren't considered white not too long ago, so surely it must be.
Race is also a social construct, as you point out.
Skin color is a genetic phenotype., biological sex is too. Those phenotypes are inherited.
So yeah, you could change your appearance: skin color, bone structure, musculature, etc with surgery.
Michael Jackson is a good example of this (though he had vitiligo). Compare pictures of his face in his early career to later. He was still 'African American' though.
Gender is not inherited
I don't see how that's relevant