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

One provision would have allowed transgender students to use bathrooms or lockers consistent with their gender identity. —David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025

The expert, who asked not to be named to speak candidly about the executive order, noted that prisons, migrant shelters and rape shelters could immediately begin moving transgender people into spaces that align with their birth sexes as opposed to their gender identities. —Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025

And a large majority is sympathetic to efforts to strictly limit how doctors can treat children struggling with their gender identity — an issue Mr. Trump and other Republicans made central to their campaigns for office. —Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025

Shortly after her victory, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced a new policy barring trans women from using Capitol bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity, a move seen by many as a response to McBride’s election. —Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 14 Jan. 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