gender dysphoria
noun
: a distressed state arising from conflict between a person's gender identity and the sex the person was identified as having at birth
also
: a condition marked by such distress
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More than 20 states restrict treatments like puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy or surgeries for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
Regular counseling sessions can help address any lingering gender dysphoria, body image issues, or other emotional challenges.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
At the mention of suicide, Peterson railed against the idea that transgender youth are at greater risk of suicide than other children, saying that underlying depression and anxiety cause higher suicide rates in transgender youth than gender dysphoria.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
No scientific studies in humans link atrazine exposure to gender dysphoria.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
Regular counseling sessions can help address any lingering gender dysphoria, body image issues, or other emotional challenges.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
At the mention of suicide, Peterson railed against the idea that transgender youth are at greater risk of suicide than other children, saying that underlying depression and anxiety cause higher suicide rates in transgender youth than gender dysphoria.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
No scientific studies in humans link atrazine exposure to gender dysphoria.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
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gender dysphoria
noun
: a distressed state arising from conflict between a person's gender identity and the sex the person was identified as having at birth
Nonbinary people may or may not use medical approaches to align their identities and physical bodies, and, like transgender people, some nonbinary people experience gender dysphoria while others do not.—Elizabeth Kukura, Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Elizabeth Kukura, Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
also
: a condition marked by such distress
Scientists have no conclusive explanation for what causes some people to feel dissonance between their gender identity and aspects of their anatomy. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association updated its manual, replacing the term "gender identity disorder," with one that is less stigmatizing, "gender dysphoria." —The New York Times
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