How to Use gender dysphoria in a Sentence

gender dysphoria

noun
  • One has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and the other hasn’t.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • If approved, the rule would limit care for the treatment of gender dysphoria in Florida.
    Dr. Alicia Zellmer, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • A lot of my struggles came from gender dysphoria and eating disorders, which very much have to do with the physical form.
    Cat Zhang, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The film is centered on Sasha, a seven-year-old girl who’s growing up in a town near Reims and who has been, from earliest childhood, aware of her gender dysphoria.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • But for those children who face gender dysphoria, and for their families, the consequences of this bill could not be more profound.
    Julia Zorthian, TIME, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The retraction of a paper on rapid-onset gender dysphoria is part of a disturbing trend.
    Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 24 June 2023
  • When is the earliest a child can be diagnosed with gender dysphoria?
    Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Lappert said there has been a sharp increase in the number of young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022
  • About one-third of those have received puberty blockers or hormones to treat gender dysphoria, the doctor said.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 May 2022
  • But, the surgery would be prohibited if it is intended to treat gender dysphoria.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • After changing her birth name from Anna Pauline to Pauli, Murray briefly wrote about her struggles with gender dysphoria.
    Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • There’s also a scene of extreme gender dysphoria that may be upsetting for some viewers.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • John, a 17-year-old in Shelby County, also began showing symptoms of gender dysphoria at a young age.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Medicaid can no longer be used to pay for medications and surgeries of those diagnosed with gender dysphoria in the state.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Alabama was the first state to apply felony penalties to what parents and advocates say is vital care for youth with gender dysphoria.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Doe is currently placed in Phillips State Prison and has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria since 2015, according to the lawsuit filed by the prisoner.
    Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • For children who have not reached puberty, mental health care is the primary form of treatment for gender dysphoria.
    al, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The organization said the suit is among the first filed on behalf of an incarcerated trans man for the denial of treatment for gender dysphoria.
    Aviva Stahl, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2021
  • But the appeals court disagreed, finding that gender dysphoria does not fall under that exception.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • Hood, a trans woman, shows how gender dysphoria can fuel body dysmorphia.
    Alex McElroy, The Atlantic, 5 July 2021
  • Many young patients and their families have concluded that the benefits of easing the despair of gender dysphoria far outweigh the risks of taking blockers.
    Christina Jewett, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Still, this down-to-earth trip will likely prove even more important for a different audience — namely, those with gender dysphoria issues of their own, who see in Steele a role model.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The reform bill no longer mandates medical evidence of gender dysphoria and lowers the age requirement to 16.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 8 Mar. 2022
  • One is the treatment of gender dysphoria through gender-affirming treatment.
    Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The father of two girls explained he was moved to take action after learning that puberty blockers were being given to minors with gender dysphoria in 2019.
    Kristine Parks, Fox News, 17 July 2023
  • The suit argues that using a child's preferred pronouns and name is a form of medical treatment for gender dysphoria, and says parents have the right to make such medical decisions for their children.
    Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2021
  • If adolescents are presenting with a different form of gender dysphoria, Steensma has not seen it.
    Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Laws like this run the risk of creating greater mental health issues for youth experiencing gender dysphoria, and can create a trickle effect for adults whose rights are on the chopping block.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 2 June 2023
  • Scholars in the movie condemn the pathologizing of gender dysphoria but praise its medical treatment.
    Abigail Anthony, National Review, 14 June 2022
  • In 2018, Toomey sought coverage for a hysterectomy to alleviate the distress of his gender dysphoria, and he was denied.
    Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2023

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