gender euphoria
noun
: a state marked by positive emotions (such as happiness or excitement) arising from a sense of alignment between a person's gender identity and gender expression
I would go on to experience this high, this gender euphoria, countless more times over the next ten years. When I bought my first cologne. … When someone called me "sir" for the first time. Or the first time a barista wrote my chosen name on my iced coffee. I could go on. I was experiencing gender euphoria long before I knew that I was trans—and long before I had language for my experience.—Adrian Silbernagel
When asked to share an example of gender euphoria, Cazares recalled the first time that he went shirtless on a beach. And when he finally felt comfortable entering a men's gym locker room. Those were defining moments, because they happened in spaces that had previously led him to feel frustrated and insecure about his body.—Eleanor Goldberg et al.
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