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“Gender dysphoria” is defined as “psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one\u2019s sex assigned at birth and one\u2019s gender identity,” per the American Psychiatric Association.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s marked by a “desire and conviction to be the other gender,” said Dr. Ryan Sultan, director of integrative psych and a psychiatry professor at Columbia University in New York<\/a>, in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n INCREASING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS VIEW SEX AS BIOLOGICAL REALITY, NEW POLL REVEALS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Researchers reviewed data between 2017 and 2021 from the TriNetX database, which compiles medical records from multiple health care organizations<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n Those who were born female were more likely to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria (58% versus 55% for males).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Females also reported experiencing the disorder at earlier ages than males. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Boys generally enter puberty between 9 and 14 years of age; for girls, it usually begins between 8 and 13, per Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n That discrepancy could be part of the reason for girls\u2019 gender dysphoria<\/u><\/a> starting sooner, researchers said.<\/p>\n Those who were born female were more likely to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria (58% versus 55% for males), a new study determined,<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n In terms of why diagnoses are occurring at younger ages for both males and females, researchers said it could be due to “increasing acceptance” and a wider availability of “specialty gender clinics.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The decreased mean age of GD suggests less oppression of gender minority youth and increased awareness of gender diversity,” they also wrote. <\/p>\n Gender dysphoria is “not a permanent diagnosis,” the researchers wrote in the journal article.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “It can be expected that gender identity will be fluid for some populations across the lifespan,” said Dr. Zachary Ginder, a psychological consultant and doctor of clinical psychology at Pine Siskin Consulting, LLC in Riverside, California<\/u><\/a>, in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The records from the large research database did not include precise location data, race or ethnicity. <\/p>\n![\"Men's](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/640\/320\/men-women-restrooms.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
<\/p>\n\u2018Not a permanent diagnosis\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n