Gender Dysphoria

Question 1

For Gender Dysphoria in Children, the criteria are a marked incongruence between one’s assigned gender at birth and one’s experienced or expressed gender, as evidenced by a strong desire to be the opposite gender and at least five of the following symptoms:

• A strong preference for:
  
  • Wearing the clothes of the other gender
  • _____________ during play
  • Toys and activities of the opposite gender
  • _____________ of the opposite gender
• A strong rejection of toys and activities engaged in by the other gender
• A strong dislike of one’s own _________________
• A strong desire for the primary and/or secondary sex characteristics of one’s experienced gender

Answer 1

• Cross-gender roles
• Playmates
• Sexual anatomy

Question 2

For Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Adults, the marked incongruence between one’s assigned gender and experienced or expressed gender must be manifested by at least ___ characteristic symptoms:

• Incongruence between one’s sex characteristics and expressed/experienced gender
• Desire to be rid of one’s _________________
• Desire for the sex characteristics of the opposite gender
• Desire to be of the opposite gender
• Desire to be treated as being of the opposite gender
• Conviction that one has the ______________ and reactions characteristic of the opposite gender

Answer 2

• 2
• Sex characteristics
• Feelings

Question 3

Symptoms of Gender Dysphoria must have been present for ______________ and cause significant distress; specifiers are provided for individuals who have a disorder of sex development, and those who are in _________________ (have transitioned to full-time living as the gender and have undergone or are preparing to undergo at least one cross-sex medical procedure or treatment regimen).

Answer 3

• 6 months
• Posttransition

Question 4

Among children, onset of Gender Dysphoria is usually between ___ and ___ years.

Answer 4

• 2
• 4

Question 5

According to the DSM-5, rates of persistence of Gender Dysphoria for natal males range from 2.2 to ___%, while rates for natal females range from 12 to ___%.

Answer 5

• 30%
• 50%

Question 6

For individuals exhibiting persistence of Gender Dysphoria, most are sexually attracted to individuals of their _______________.

Answer 6

Natal gender.