F64.2: Gender identity disorder of childhood

You have had this feeling since before you entered puberty.

When a person does not feel that they belong to their physical gender, they can feel that they are in the wrong body. A person can be born with a female body and feel male. A person can be born with a male body and feel female. Some people do not feel they belong either to the female or male gender.

The need may arise to live, and be recognized, as a member of the other sex. They may also want to have gender reassignment treatment.

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