gender dysphoria
noun
: a distressed state arising from conflict between a person's gender identity and the sex the person has or was identified as having at birth
also : a condition marked by such distress
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Treating gender dysphoria is complicated, and many transgender people do not want surgery. 
Kate Farrish, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 So many people don’t understand the difference between a drag queen and being transgender and someone with gender dysphoria. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2022 In a similar way, voice therapy is used to relive gender dysphoria, when a person feels their gender identity doesn’t match their outward appearance or other characteristics. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022 Instead of being defined by experiencing gender dysphoria, trans writers and artists increasingly make work about gender euphoria: a powerful sensation of happiness. Vic Parsons, refinery29.com, 3 July 2022 Transgender activist groups, medical associations, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have supported medical interventions for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, condemning policies like the one Cole supports. Tyler O'neil, Fox News, 10 July 2022 Children and teens with gender dysphoria can experience severe stress and elevated risk of self-harm and suicide, Doss said. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 4 May 2022 Identified as the Doe Family, the suit states that John and Jane’s 16-year-old daughter, Mary, was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and has received care such as puberty-delaying medication and hormone therapy. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2022 Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, a Dutch clinical psychologist specializing in children, began receiving referrals of teenagers who were experiencing gender dysphoria (then called gender identity disorder). New York Times, 15 June 2022 See More
Kate Farrish, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 So many people don’t understand the difference between a drag queen and being transgender and someone with gender dysphoria. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2022 In a similar way, voice therapy is used to relive gender dysphoria, when a person feels their gender identity doesn’t match their outward appearance or other characteristics. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022 Instead of being defined by experiencing gender dysphoria, trans writers and artists increasingly make work about gender euphoria: a powerful sensation of happiness. Vic Parsons, refinery29.com, 3 July 2022 Transgender activist groups, medical associations, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have supported medical interventions for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, condemning policies like the one Cole supports. Tyler O'neil, Fox News, 10 July 2022 Children and teens with gender dysphoria can experience severe stress and elevated risk of self-harm and suicide, Doss said. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 4 May 2022 Identified as the Doe Family, the suit states that John and Jane’s 16-year-old daughter, Mary, was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and has received care such as puberty-delaying medication and hormone therapy. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2022 Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, a Dutch clinical psychologist specializing in children, began receiving referrals of teenagers who were experiencing gender dysphoria (then called gender identity disorder). New York Times, 15 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
gender dysphoria
noun
: a distressed state arising from conflict between a person's gender identity and the sex the person has or was identified as having at birth
A significant incongruence between gender identity and physical phenotype is known as gender identity disorder; the experience of this state, termed gender dysphoria, is a source of chronic suffering. Louis J. Gooren, The New England Journal of Medicine
Louis J. Gooren, The New England Journal of Medicine also : a psychological disorder marked by such distress
Scientists have no conclusive explanation for what causes some people to feel dissonance between their gender identity and aspects of their anatomy. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association updated its manual, replacing the term "gender identity disorder," with one that is less stigmatizing, "gender dysphoria." The New York Times
The New York Times Note: Gender dysphoria is typically manifested by a rejection of traditional gender roles and by a desire to live as a member of the opposite sex.