Identity And Gender Identity

identity or roles. Gender expression may or may not conform to a person’s gender identity.
What is gender identity?
A person’s deeply felt, inherent sense of being a boy, a man, or male; a girl, a woman, or female; or an alternative gender (e.g., genderqueer, gender conforming, gender neutral) that may or may not correspond to a person’s sex assigned at birth or to a person’s primary or secondary sex characteristics. Since gender identity is internal, a person’s gender identity is not necessarily visible to others. “Affirmed gender identity” refers to a person’s gender identity after coming out as TGNC or undergoing a social and/or medical transition process.
What is gender queer?
A term to describe a person whose gender does not align with

STRUGGLES ON EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AMONG TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS
There are many issues that arise for transgender individuals, particularly those effecting one’s emotional and psychological state.
i. SOCIAL PREDICAMENT
The main problem of growing up with Gender Dysphoria, aside from the body dysphoria itself is the social predicament. Everyone basically expects the individual to be and act like a boy or girl, when they feel inside to be an opposite gender.
a. EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE
In early childhood, children get cues early on from parents about appropriate behavior, and internalize them. For example MTF (male to female) transgenders have reported getting the message from parents that it wasn’t ok for them to play dolls with their sisters or neighbors, and that they were expected to do “boy” things. Kids of this age start to get the idea that there is a part of themselves that must remain hidden.
b. PUBERTY and the DEVELOPMENT of SECONDARY MALE or FEMALE PHYSICAL

However, some are not as free to do so, due to family and other obligations, or due to lack of information and access to services.
Later in adulthood, some transgender individuals set aside transitioning until later in life when they feel able to do so. This can be satisfying, but can also have the disadvantage of producing a less convincing outcome. In addition there can be regret about having lived so long in an unwanted gender. Friends and family may have a harder time accepting and understanding the transition since they knew the person for so long in their assigned gender at birth.
In all these stages in life, there can be isolation, hiding and secrets, which may lead to depression and anxiety. Transgender adults are much more likely to have suicidal thoughts, with 50% of adults reporting some suicidal ideation. It has been observed that there are two paths that people take early on: either one tries to hide their inner feeling of being the wrong gender and “passes” for what looks like a boy or girl, or one is incapable of hiding and presents as either a tom-boyish girl or a feminine boy. Either path comes with problems for one’s emotional development. The second scenario is that a person may opt to present as gender non-conforming and is known to elicit harsh responses from society. This is true for non-transgender