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

Washington has allowed students to compete on teams consistent with their gender identity since 2007. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

As of late Thursday, voters in Arizona, Colorado, and Washington had approved or were on track to endorse measures that would prohibit transgender youth from participating on school sports teams aligned with their gender identity. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026

The film’s emphasis on gender identity helped lead to reforms for trans identification in Chile. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

In Vermont a proposal would amend the state constitution to include an equal protection clause that would guarantee rights for gender identity and gender expression. — Jahd Khalil, NPR, 29 Oct. 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