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

Colorado's District 49 led a lawsuit against the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) in May, challenging Colorado state laws and CHSAA bylaws that required schools to allow transgender student-athletes to participate in teams matching their gender identity. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025

When Vivi goes to live with their father, Sofia fights to keep everyone united, becoming the emotional bridge between tradition and transformation as gender identity and physical distance threaten to fracture the household. —Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025

Data is compiled from publicly available information such as local media reports, social media posts, and police reports, but those often fail to register a victim’s gender identity, and many deaths likely never make it into the dataset at all. —Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025

Some of the models also battle other stereotypes because of their gender identity, body size, age, and mixed heritage. —Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 22 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