ATYPICAL GENDER DEVELOPMENT EXPLANATION - OUTLINE

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  • ATYPICAL GENDER EXP OUTLINE
    • Also known as gender dysphoria or transgenderism.
      • Being trapped in the wrong body
      • Characterised by strong, persistent feelings of identity with opposite gender and discomfort with ones own assigned sex.
      • Desire to live as members of opposite sex.
      • Recognised as psychological disorder in DSM-5.
    • Affects males and females, MtF outnumber FtM by about 5 - 1.
    • Since 2000, 865 gender reassignment surgeries been performed by NHS.

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