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

Hoang, of Equality California, said that parents should be involved in their children’s lives but such conversations about a child’s gender identity should happen when families are ready. —Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025

So after decades of playing in Nevada, California's Department of Education is requiring the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District to compete in California to comply with state laws that allow student athletes to compete based on their gender identity. —Steve Large, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025

In November, the Roseville Joint Union High School District passed a similar policy that broadened parental access to student information but did not specifically mention gender identity. —Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025

Widespread media coverage locally and nationally followed, some of it about religious expression on campus, while others focused on the instructor’s gender identity. —Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 14 Dec. 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