gender identity disorder
noun
plural gender identity disorders
now usually offensive
: gender dysphoria
Note: This term is now usually considered offensive in its implication that the distressed state arising from conflict between a person's gender identity and the sex the person was identified as having at birth is an abnormal condition. Gender dysphoria is the preferred term in both medical and general contexts.
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