Gender Dysphoria Archive

  • The LGBT dilemma: sexuality vs. dysphoria

    The LGBT dilemma: sexuality vs. dysphoria

    One of the biggest challenges faced by the transgender community is the almost universal misunderstanding among the majority cisgendered population that the dysphoria between the anatomical and psychological gender identities is a sexual orientation issue. Even Amnesty International refers to transgenderism in the context of...

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  • Transgender vs. Transsexual

    Transgender vs. Transsexual

    What is the difference between being a transgendered person or a transsexual person? This is a highly contentious point. Sharon Gaughan, Co-Founder, VP, and Executive Director of TS-Si, Inc., wrote an article in 2006 which asserts that one is only truly a transsexual if one...

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  • What is Gender Dysphoria?

    What is Gender Dysphoria?

    Put simply, gender dysphoria is a condition where a person feels that they are trapped in a physical body of the wrong gender. A person with gender dysphoria experiences anxiety, uncertainty or persistently uncomfortable feelings about the gender they were born with. They believe their...

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