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gender dysphoria

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dysphoria /dys·pho·ria/ (-for´e-ah) [Gr.] disquiet; restlessness; malaise.dysphoret´icdysphor´ic
gender dysphoria  unhappiness with one's biological sex or its usual gender role, with the desire for the body and role of the opposite sex.

gender dysphoria
n.
A persistent unease with having the physical characteristics of one's gender, accompanied by strong identification with the opposite gender and a desire to live as or to become a member of the opposite gender.

dysphoria [dis-for´e-ah] (Gr.)
disquiet; restlessness; malaise. adj. adj dysphoret´ic, dysphor´ic.
gender dysphoria unhappiness with one's biological sex or its usual gender role, with the desire for the body and role of the opposite sex.


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Nicholas Darroch, 21, who was born a little girl called Siobhan, has had his "transphobic" image of Middlesbrough altered after sharing his story about coming to terms with gender dysphoria with the Evening Gazette.
Born Siobhan, Mr Darroch always struggled to fit in and believed he suffered from gender dysphoria, where a person feels trapped in the wrong sex.
Jon was born with gender dysphoria, a condition that affects more than 100 British children every year, causing them to be born in the wrong body for the gender they feel they are.
 
 
 
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