gender dysphoria

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gender dysphoria (usually uncountable, plural gender dysphorias)

  1. A profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a gender different from one's gender identity, experienced especially by transgender people.
    Synonyms: GD, (dated) gender identity disorder
    Antonym: gender euphoria
    • 1977 April 9, Lyn Rosen, “'Helping Professions' Meet a Sexual Minority”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
      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 (a discomfort about their gender or their need to cross-dress), the discussion centered around people in the subculture with problems.

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