Gender Identity Disorder

• Gender identity disorder (GID) is sometimes referred to as gender dysphoria. This is an example of typical gender development.
• Individuals who have gender dysphoria do not identify as their sex given at birth. The experience of gender dysphoria is a source of stress and discomfort and is recognised as a psychological disorder.
• Gender identity disorder (GID) is a feeling of mismatch between anatomy and gender identity.
• Gender dysphoria is defined by strong, persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and causes anxiety with one's own assigned sex.
• Gender dysphoria is the term commonly used in classification systems for the diagnosis of gender identity disorder.
• The experience of gender dysphoria has to be present for at least two years, along with an individual's insistence that they are of the opposite sex.
• Gender identity disorder or gender dysphoria is characterised by feelings that a person's psychological gender is not the same as their physical status of being male or female.
• An individual with gender identity disorder has a conflict between their biological sex and their psychological gender identity.
• Individuals with gender identity disorder may show early signs through an unwillingness to dress as a boy or a girl but can eventually lead to feelings of disgust with their own physical appearance.
• Referring to gender identity disorder suggests that it is a ‘disorder’ or illness and by doing so implies that there is a specific gender that applied to men and another for women. This has led to a change in label to become gender dysphoria.