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.[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

References

  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