Meaning Gender identity
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One’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or differ [..]
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Gender identity


 One's sense of maleness or femaleness; usually includes awareness and acceptance of one's biological sex.
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 - a person’s internal sense of their own gender, whether male, female or something else (see non-binary below).
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(noun) the internal perception of an one’s gender, and how they label themselves, based on how much they align or don’t align with what they understand their options for gender to be. Common identity [..]
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The innermost feelings about one’s sex (female or male), one’s gender, and one’s gender role.
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Gender identity refers to a person’s innate, deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond to the person’s physiology or designated sex at birth. It include [..]
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A person's self-identified gender, versus their anatomical gender at birth. In some states, it is illegal for employers to discriminate based on gender identity.
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The internal sense of being either male or female. Usually congruent with biological gender, but not always as in Gender Identity Disorder.
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A person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is a person’s sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may be the sam [..]
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An individual's feeling of gender. In the vast majority of people, this is the same as their gender as assigned at birth. However, among transgender persons, their perceived gender is opposite [..]
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One's self-definition as a man or a woman.
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the recognition of being male or female resulting from a combination of biological and psychic influences, family attitudes and cultural attitudes. See gender consistency; gender role.
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Gender identity is one's own perception or sense of being male or female. Please do not confuse this with sexual orientation (as heterosexual or homosexual) or the strength of one's gender-t [..]
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Gender identification means the identity which a person in reality is or which a person perceives to be. It is a self concept or self identity made by a person. Gender identity is also known as core g [..]
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Refers to a person's identity as male, female, or transgender. When a person's gender identity and biological sex are not congruent, the individual may identify as transsexual or as another [..]
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Gender identity


The private subjective cognition of one's gender.
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A Person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social Pressures [..]
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does not always correspond to biological sex, is a person’s self image or belief about being male or female.3
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 Since gender is a social construct, an individual may have a self perception of their gender that is different or the same as their biological sex. Gender identity is an internalized realization of one’s gender and may not be manifested in their outward appearance (gender expression) or their place in society (gender role). It is important to note [..]
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A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures [..]
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 a person’s conscious sense of maleness and/or femaleness. This sense of self is separate and distinct from one’s biological sex.
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A sense of one’s self as trans*, genderqueer, woman, man, or some other identity, which may or may not correspond with the sex and gender one is assigned at birth.
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Gender identity


Internal and psychological sense of oneself as a woman, a man, both, in between, or neither.
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a person’s internal sense of gender. This may or may not be in alignment with biological reality.
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"describes the psychological recognition of oneself as being a member of a certain gender. Gender identity is determined by a person's internal perceptions; it is separate from physical sex, [..]
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This is an individual’s internal self-perception of their own gender. A person may identify as female, male, or as androgynous/polygender
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One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or diff [..]
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How an individual identifies in terms of their gender. Gender identities may include, “male”, “female”, “androgynous”, “transgender”, “genderqueer”, and many others, or a combination thereof. [..]
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refers to a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of being a man or woman, or something other or in between, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth; because gender identity is i [..]
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Gender identity


A person’s perception of their own gender.
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How a person identifies their own gender, such as male, female, genderqueer, transgender, etc. A person’s gender identity may or may not correlate with the gender a person was assigned at birth.
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an individual’s internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth.  Some gender identities are "woman," "transman" and "agender" but there are many more. Since gender identity is internal it isn’t necessarily visible to others. Additionally, gender identity is often conflated [..]
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