Gender Dysphoria

Question 1

Gender dysphoria (in children)

Answer 1

A: marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender, of at least six months duration as manifested by at least six of the following:
1: A strong desire to be of the other gender or an insistence that one is the other gender

2: N boys a strong preference for cross dressing or simulating female attire; in girls a strong preference for wearing only typical masculine clothing

3: A strong preference for cross gender roles in make-believe play

4: A strong preference for the toys games or activities stereo typically used or engaged in by the other gender

5: A strong preference for playmates of the other gender

6: In boys a strong rejection of typically masculine toys and activities; girls a strong rejection of typically feminine toys and activities

7: The strong dislike of one’s sexual anatomy

8: A strong desire for the primary and/or secondary sex characteristics that match ones experienced gender

B: distress/impairment

Question 2

Gender dysphoria specifiers

Answer 2

W a disorder/difference of sex development

Posttransition

Question 3

Gender dysphoria (in adolescence and adults)

Answer 3

A: marked and congruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender of at least six months duration manifested by at least two of the following:
1. Incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and primary or secondary sex characteristics (for teens, anticipation of)

2. A strong desire to be rid of one’s primary or secondary sex characteristics because of an incongruence with one’s experience/expressed gender (teens: a desire to prevent their development)
3. A strong desire for the primary or secondary sex characteristics of the other gender
4. A strong desire to be of the other gender
5. Strong desire to be treated as the other gender

6: Strong conviction that one has typical feelings and reactions of the other gender