gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Facebook provides more than 50 options beyond "male" and "female" for users to describe their gender identity, from "gender questioning" and "neither" to "androgynous."

—The Chicago Tribune

Examples of gender identity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since then, lawmakers have restricted gender-affirming care for minors and have barred trans students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. —Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026

Continue reading … WOKE SHOWDOWN — Feds launch Title IX probe into K-12 school district over gender identity policy. —FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Under a settlement the Delaware Valley School District reached with the Obama administration, the district was required to permit students to use bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026

Hegseth’s actions in May and June of 2025 as secretary of defense concerning gender identity and banning trans people from serving in the military, in addition to stripping gay activist and politician Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship, brought more attention to the CREC. —Samuel Perry, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gender identity

• entity
• nonentity

Kids Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female

Medical Definition

gender identity

noun

: a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male or female