Gender Identity Disorder
Individuals with Gender Identity Disorder feel extremely uncomfortable in the male or female sex they were born into and instead identify with/desire to be someone of the other sex. Children with this disorder may refuse to dress in the clothes typically worn by boys or girls, ask to be called by a name of the other gender, have a hard time making friends with same-sex peers or insist that they will grow up to be a member of the opposite gender. Adults, meanwhile, may be preoccupied with living life as closely as possible to a member of the other sex. They may adopt the mannerisms, dress and physical appearance of the other sex in public and/or private. In cases that have persisted for many years, some may ultimately request gender reassignment surgery. Regardless of identification, persons with this disorder may be attracted to men, women, both men and women, or neither men nor women.