What is gender identity?

Explore what gender identity means, its impact on teens, and practical strategies for navigating gender identity issues or conversations.

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Understanding Gender Identity: A Guide for Teens Gender identity refers to one's personal sense of their own gender. This might align with the sex they were assigned at birth, or it might not. For many teenagers exploring who they are, understanding gender identity can be a crucial part of forming an overall sense of self. But what does gender identity actually mean, and how does it affect individuals emotionally and socially? Let's dive deeper into this topic. Exploring the Concept of Gender Identity Traditionally, society has operated on the binary notion of gender, male and female, based squarely on the...
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