People who have gender dysphoria:
- experience distress, anxiety, uncertainty and persistently uncomfortable feelings about their biological sex not fully matching their gender identity (the gender they see themselves as)
- have, and may act on, a gender identity which is different from their anatomical sex. For example, someone born with female sex characteristics deciding to live permanently as a man
Gender dysphoria is a recognised medical condition, for which treatment is sometimes appropriate. It is not a mental illness.
