
Gender identity and sexual orientation are different things.
- Sexual orientation is about your attraction to other people. Examples include straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and asexual.
- Gender identity is about your inside feelings and how you name your gender. Examples include male, female and nonbinary.
- American Psychiatric Association. What Is Gender Dysphoria? https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/what-is-gender-dysphoria.
- American Psychiatric Association. Expert Q&A: gender dysphoria. https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a.
- Hembree WC, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Gooren L, et al. Endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017;102(11)3869-3903.
- UCSF. UCSF Transgender Care. https://transcare.ucsf.edu/.
- Fenway Health. Transgender Health. https://fenwayhealth.org/care/medical/transgender-health/
Resources
- USCF Transgender Care https://transcare.ucsf.edu/
- Fenway Health Transgender Health https://fenwayhealth.org/care/medical/transgender-health/
- The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
- Trans Lifeline https://www.translifeline.org/
- The Standards of Care https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/Web%20Transfer/SOC/Standards%20of%20Care%20V7%20-%202011%20WPATH.pdf
- Human Rights Campaign