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Gender Dysphoria, also known as gender identity disorder (GID), is a disorder in which a person feels distress due to gender and sex incongruence. Distress commonly takes the form of depression and or anxiety. | Gender Dysphoria, also known as gender identity disorder (GID), is a disorder in which a person feels distress due to gender and sex incongruence. Distress commonly takes the form of depression and or anxiety. | ||
Treatment for GID usually involves transitioning the sex to align with the gender. Transitioning may include hormone replacement therapy or sexual reassignment surgery. | |||
Revision as of 06:48, 8 April 2017
Gender Dysphoria, also known as gender identity disorder (GID), is a disorder in which a person feels distress due to gender and sex incongruence. Distress commonly takes the form of depression and or anxiety.
Treatment for GID usually involves transitioning the sex to align with the gender. Transitioning may include hormone replacement therapy or sexual reassignment surgery.