gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Facebook provides more than 50 options beyond "male" and "female" for users to describe their gender identity, from "gender questioning" and "neither" to "androgynous."

—The Chicago Tribune

Examples of gender identity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The president does not appear to care about the real-life struggles many of these parents have experienced in assuring that school officials respect the gender identity of their child. —Edwin C. Yohnka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025

Should the bill become law, a trans person in Iowa would effectively no longer be able to file a civil rights complaint for discrimination based on gender identity in housing, real estate, credit, employment, wages, and/or education. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 26 Feb. 2025

All three states have laws in place that either ban discrimination based on gender identity or allow students to participate in activities consistent with their gender identity. —Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025

Data Disappears As a result of Trump’s order on gender identity, health researchers say, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took down online information about transgender health and removed data on LGBTQ+ health. —Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gender identity

• entity
• nonentity

Kids Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Medical Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male or female