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 way Vassilopoulos and her team have chosen not to define things like Alex’s gender identity feels very of the open-ended, label-resistant ways of the younger generations. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

In some states, birth certificates can be amended to reflect a person’s gender identity. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

The legal challenge comes as several states have adopted laws restricting transgender people's access to bathrooms and other facilities based on gender identity. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Following the closures, GLAD Law filed complaints with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities on behalf of a number of families, claiming the hospitals discriminated against patients based on their gender identity. — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 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