Gender Dysphoria

Question 1

What is gender dysphoria?

Answer 1

A incongruence between one’s experienced or expressed gender and one’s assigned (born as) gender

Question 2

What are some signs of gender dysphoria in children?

Answer 2

• A strong desire to be of the other gender
• A strong preference for cross-gender roles in roleplays
• A strong prefernce for toys, games or activities associated with the desired gender
• Preference for playmates of the other gender
• Strong dislike of one’s sexual anatomy
• Strong preference to wear the clothes of the desired gender

Question 3

What are some signs of gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults?

Answer 3

• Strong desire to treated as the other gender
• Strong desire to be of the other gender
• Strong desire for the primary and/or secondary sex characteristics of the other gender

Question 4

How long shall these signs persist?

Answer 4

Over a time period of 6 months