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Gender dysphoria

A feeling of distress and discomfort that may accompany the incongruence between a person’s gender identity and their sex and gender characteristics, as well as the social expectations associated with them. It is often a factor in undergoing a gender transition, but is not a mandatory precondition for it.

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