12.1.3 Gender Identity

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a condition listed in the DSM-5 in which people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with. This condition replaces "gender identity disorder"
gender dysphoria
a person’s deeply held internal perception of one's gender
gender identity
an ideology and a set of institutional practices that privilege straight people and heterosexuality over other sexual orientations
heterosexism
people born with sex characteristics (including genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies.
intersex
an adjective that describes individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are other than their biological sex
transgender

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