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

Tonight, the district is pointing to this language that references developing or implementing activities that reference gender identity. — Erin Jones, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

The records don't establish whether parents were told about the facilitator handbook's guidance on gender identity, pronouns and nonbinary participants. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

The second episode will examine her interventions on Scottish independence, feminism, free speech, and gender identity, which place her at the heart of increasingly bitter online exchanges. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Wake Up, which covered topics like her unique upbringing as part of a large, ex-Hasidic Jewish family, political correctness, gender identity and pronouns, wealth, Hollywood success and more. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 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