gender identity
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈdʒen.dər aɪˌden.tə.ti/us/ˈdʒen.dɚ aɪˌden.t̬ə.t̬i/thefactof being, ordeepfeelingthat you are, aparticulargender:
For manypeople,theirgenderidentitieshave nothing to do withsexualpreference.
Theyintroducedlegislationtopreventdiscriminationagainstworkerson thebasisofgenderidentity.
Thepaperexamineswaysthatyoungpeopledeveloptheirgenderidentitiesinindigenouscommunities.
It is not always thecasethat thepronounsapersonuses to refer to themselves willnecessarilymatchtheirgenderidentity.
Knowing a patient'ssexualorientationandgenderidentitycanhelpdoctorsprovidebettercare.
Mind and personality
- (a) penny for your thoughtsidiom
- allism
- allistic
- alter ego
- ambivert
- ASC
- Asperger's syndrome
- cognition
- id
- identify
- identity
- in the person ofsomeoneidiom
- intellect
- jib
- noggin
- non-identity
- noodle
- on the spectrumidiom
- subconscious
- vantage point