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The American Psychiatric Association
P.537-P.538
* Diagnotic criteria for Gender Identity Disorder
A. A strong and persistent cross-gender identification(not merely a desire
for any perceived cultual advantages of being the other sex).
In children, the disturbance is manifested by four(or more) of the
following:
(1) repeatedly stated desire to be, or insistence that he or she is, the
other sex
(2) in boys,preference for cross-dressing or simulating female attire;
in girls,insistence on wearing only stereotypical masculine clothing
(3) strong and persistent preferences for cross-sex roles in make-believe
play or persistent fantasies of being the other sex
(4) intense desire to participate in the stereotypical games and pastimes
of the other sex
(5) strong preference for playmates of the other sex
In adolescents and adults, the disturbance is manifested by symptoms such
as a stated desire to be the other sex,frequent passing as the other sex,
desire to live or be treated as the other sex,or the conviction that he or
she has the typical feelings and reactions of the other sex.
B. Persistent discomfort with his or her sex or sense of inappropriateness
in the gender role that sex.
In children,the disturbance is manifested by any of the following:in boys,
assertion that his penis or testes are disgusting or will disappear or
assertion that it would be better not to have a penis, or aversion toward
rough-and-tumble play and rejection of male stereotypical toys, games, and
activities;in girls,rejection of urinating in a sitting position, assertion
that she has or will grow a penis, or assertion that she does not want to
grow breasts or menstruate, or marked aversion toward normative feminine
clothing.
In adolescents and adults, the disturbance is manifested by symptoms such
as preoccupation with getting rid of primary and secondary sex
characteristics(e.g. ,request for hormones, surgery, or other procedures to
physically alter sexual characteristics to simulate the other sex)or belief
that he or she was born the wrong sex.
C. The disturbance is not concurrent with a physical intersex condition.
D. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in
social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Code based on current age:
302.6 Gender Identity Disorder in Children
302.85 Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents or Adults
Specify if (for sexually mature individuals):
Sexually Attracted to Males
Sexually Attracted to Females
Sexually Attracted to Both
Sexually Attracted to Neither