gender dysphoria

plural gender dysphorias

1. uncountableusuallyA profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a certain gender or sex, experienced especially by transgender people.

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   The Saturday workshops focused mainly on the situations that the professionals may encounter in their work. Since these people would be dealing most often with those feeling gender disforia ^([sic]) (a discomfort about their gender or their need to cross-dress), the discussion centered around people in the subculture with problems.

   1977 April 9, Lyn Rosen, “'Helping Professions' Meet a Sexual Minority”, in Gay Community News, page 6

   In the latest version of the DSM (the DSM-5) released in May 2013, the association changed the name from GID to “gender dysphoria.” According to the American Psychiatric Association, they changed the name “to better characterize the experiences of affected children, adolescents, and adults” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

   [2014, Nancy J. Mezey, LGBT Families, SAGE Publications, →ISBN

   Synonyms: GD, gender identity disorder · Antonyms: gender euphoria