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Article: The gender identity/gender dysphoria questionnaire for adolescents and adults.(Report)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
- Author:
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Gender identity (or core gender identity) has been defined as a person's basic sense of self as a male or female (Stoller, 1964a). Because most males have a male gender identity and most females have a female gender identity (in accordance with one's original legal sex and usually based on the appearance of the genitalia at birth), gender identity often is conceptualized in a bipolar, dichotomous manner with a male gender identity at one pole and a female gender identity at the other pole. Individuals who have an uncertain or confused gender identity or who are transitioning from one gender to the other, however, do not fit into this dichotomous scheme.
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