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

The state's constitution was revised in 2022, when Democratic lawmakers voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment, which added gender identity to its list of diversity classifications that are protected under state law. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026

There isn’t a Texas law prohibiting gender identity teaching. —Samuel O’Neal 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026

Twenty-nine states have laws or regulations prohibiting trans student-athletes in K-12 schools or colleges from competing on teams that align with their gender identities. —Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026

In that interview, Fleming said volleyball coach Trent Kersten told her her gender identity was widely known among teammates and that she was supported. —Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 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