Gender Dysphoria is defined as:

• A. A person who was born physically a male, but believes she is really a female
• B. A person who was born physically a male, but has homosexual tendencies
• C. A person who was born physically a male, but likes to dress as a female
• D. A person who was born physically a male, but changes gender legally

Answer: (A)

Gender dysphoria involves a mismatch between a person’s internal sense of their gender and the sex they were assigned at birth, which can lead to distress or impairment in daily life. The description given—someone born male who identifies as female—best captures this incongruence between birth-assigned sex and gender identity. It’s not about sexual orientation, the act of cross-dressing, or simply changing legal documents; those elements may occur in the process of transition, but they don’t define gender dysphoria by themselves. The focus is on the identity mismatch and any associated distress, which is why this description is the most fitting.