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

Advertisement Attorney General Pam Bondi, meanwhile, celebrated the decision and reiterated the Administration’s resolve to push back against freedoms of gender identity and expression. —Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

Health care may include the use of hormones to delay puberty in adolescents, behavioral health counseling to support and promote the gender identity with which a person aligns, and hormone replacement therapy. —Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025

State officials agreed to pay $85,000 to the plaintiffs in that case without admitting wrongdoing, though the state law that previously banned gender identity discrimination is no longer in effect. —Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Nov. 2025

In 2022, following intense public and student protests, the board in a 5-2 vote approved a policy prohibiting transgender students from participating in sports teams or using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity. —Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025

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