Gender Dysphoria
Gender dysphoria is the distress caused by a mismatch between your gender identity and the sex assigned at birth.
What is Gender Dysphoria?
Gender dysphoria refers to the significant distress some transgender and non-binary people experience due to the incongruence between their gender identity and their body or social role. Affirmative psychological support plays a key role alongside any medical steps a person may choose to take.
Do you recognise this?
Effective treatments
These approaches are commonly recommended for Gender Dysphoria.
Frequently asked questions
Is gender dysphoria a mental illness?
Gender dysphoria is listed in diagnostic manuals to facilitate access to care, not because being transgender is a disorder. The distress is the target of treatment, not the identity.
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