Overview
- Schafer said she underwent gender‑affirming bottom surgery in December 2025 and told Elle that the operation was "amazing" and that she "loves it so much."
- She described a slow recovery that required strict mobility limits—about 150 steps per day—and renting a large apartment where friends and family helped her rest and heal.
- Schafer said she had previously embraced a gender‑expansive identity but decided the surgery was the right choice for her as she moved toward a clearer female identity.
- She linked her personal experience to public issues, criticizing restrictive bathroom laws and warning that changes to government gender markers can make travel and border encounters more difficult for trans people.
- Schafer is known for playing Jules on Euphoria and for a decade of transgender rights activism dating back to protests against North Carolina’s HB2, a history that frames why she chose to share this medical and political context.