Gender Identity Disorder
Alternate Names : Transsexualism
Definition
Gender identity disorder is a persistent feelings that your body is a different gender than your mind. It is a sense of inappropriateness of one's anatomic sex.
Boys with gender identity disorder see themselves as girls and vice versa. This is distinct from homosexuality -- people with gender identity disorder may be attracted to the same or the opposite sex, but they feel that their own biological sex is "wrong" and doesn't represent their true gender identity.
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