Gender dysphoria is a state in which a person cannot identify with the gender he or she is born in. It is a state of having a gender identity that does not correspond to one's sex assigned at birth.

Image of B.C. services care card issued for baby Searyl Atli Doty after the child's parent refused to specify a gender on birth registration forms. The card has a U (highlighted in red), presumably ...

This post was written by David L. Lopez, M.D., a member of the LGBTQ+ Committee at the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. An increasing number of young people are embracing gender-nonconforming ...