gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Facebook provides more than 50 options beyond "male" and "female" for users to describe their gender identity, from "gender questioning" and "neither" to "androgynous."

—The Chicago Tribune

Examples of gender identity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By reducing gender identity to a political dispute rather than recognizing it as an intrinsic part of human existence, policymakers dismantle the legal protections and health care access that transgender and nonbinary individuals need to survive. —David Kilmnick, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025

Seven individuals filed a federal on Friday in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, accusing the State Department of denying passport applications from transgender citizens or issuing documents that fail to reflect their gender identity. —Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025

Those prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2025

Gender dysphoria results from the conflict between physical gender and gender identity and should not disqualify troops from serving, according to the American Medical Association and other major medical and psychiatric organizations. —Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Medical Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male or female