Not all transgender people need all forms of treatment.
Feel a strong dislike of their genitals.Strongly prefer to play with children of the other gender.Prefer toys and activities conventionally thought of as of the other gender.Prefer to act the conventional roles of the other gender in play or fantasy.Want to dress in the clothes typically used by another gender and resist wearing clothes associated with their biological gender.As an adult, you may have had these feelings from a young age. Symptoms vary, depending upon a person’s age, but most people want to live in a way that matches their gender identity. Some experts believe that hormones in the womb, genes, and cultural and environmental factors may be involved.Ĭhildren and adults can experience gender dysphoria. No one knows exactly what causes gender dysphoria. As a result, the transgender community have higher rate of mental health problems and risk of attempted suicide. It is important to mention that the anxiety transgender people may feel due to having the body of the wrong gender is deeply distressing. In general, most transgender people do not identify as non-binary. This is called non-binary, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, or gender-expansive. Some people express their gender in ways that do not fit into traditional binary social norms of male or female gender. For example, if were born biologically female and were assigned a female gender, but you feel a deep inner sense of being a man, you are a transgender man. Transgender refers to identifying as a gender that is different from the biological gender assigned when you were born. For example, if you were born biologically as a male, and you identify as a man, you are a cisgender man. If your gender identity matches the gender assigned to you at birth, this is called cisgender. Gender is typically assigned at birth, based on a baby having the outward appearance (genital organs) of either a male or a female as per a social construct of a binary system of two genders (male or female).
Gender identity is how you feel and identify, it can be as a female, male, or both.