Definition of GENDER IDENTITY
- ️Sun Mar 16 2025
: 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
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That book was Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, which deals largely with Grace’s gender identity.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
This past week in Florida, Jane Haskell watched as President Donald Trump continued to needle at gender identity, one of his major campaign issues, in his State of the Union address.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: California law has protected transgender athletes' rights to play on sports teams based on their gender identity since 2014, and public high school and university policies comply with the law.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
One of the main changes is the removal of an option to select a different gender identity than male or female.
—Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of gender identity was in 1964
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“Gender identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender%20identity. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025 - Updated example sentences
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