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Definition of Gender identity
1. Noun. Your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence.
Medical Definition of Gender identity
1. A person's concept of himself as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, usually based on the physical characteristics, parental attitudes and expectations, and psychological and social pressures to which the individual is subjected. It is the private experience of gender role. (12 Dec 1998)