Gender dysphoria

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Gender dysphoria, also known as gender identity disorder, is a psychological disorder in which a person identifies as another gender. Chris was diagnosed with the condition in 2016.[note 1]

Psychological symptoms

According to DSM-5, the symptoms for gender dysphoria are:

A strong desire to be of a gender other than one's assigned gender

A strong desire to be treated as a gender other than one's assigned gender

A significant incongruence between one's experienced or expressed gender and one's sexual characteristics

A strong desire for the sexual characteristics of a gender other than one's assigned gender

A strong desire to be rid of one's sexual characteristics due to incongruence with one's experienced or expressed gender

A strong conviction that one has the typical reactions and feelings of a gender other than one's assigned gender

Associated with clinically significant distress or impairment

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Chris changed the gender marker on his driver's license to identify him as female in 2016. The procedure to do this in Virginia is to have a professional whose "practice includes the treatment and counseling of persons with gender identity issues" vouch for the person's gender identity on this form. Also mentioned by Chris in a Sonichu #12 page