Which statement accurately describes Gender Dysphoria?

• A. Incongruence between experience/expressed gender and assigned gender
• B. Preference for playmates of the same gender
• C. Cross dressing is prohibited by diagnosis
• D. Desire to increase height and weight

Answer: (A)

The main concept here is the incongruence between a person’s experienced or expressed gender and the gender they were assigned at birth, which leads to distress or impairment. This discordance is the defining feature of Gender Dysphoria, capturing why the condition is considered a disorder when it causes clinically significant distress or impairment. The statement mirrors that core idea by describing incongruence between experience/expressed gender and assigned gender, which is precisely what the diagnosis centers on.

The other options don’t fit: a preference for playmates of the same gender reflects social or developmental preferences rather than a gender identity issue; cross-dressing isn’t prohibited by the diagnosis and can occur for various reasons, not as a diagnostic criterion; a desire to increase height and weight has nothing to do with gender identity.