>>12648737Gender dysphoria in ?
teenagers and adults. 302.85 (F64.1)
A. A marked incongruity between the sex that one feels or expresses and the one assigned to him, of a minimum duration of six months, manifested by a minimum of two of the characteristics
following:
1. A marked incongruity between the sex that one feels or
expresses and their primary or secondary sexual characteristics
(or in young adolescents, the expected secondary sexual characteristics).
2. A strong desire to get rid of one's primary or secondary sexual characteristics, due to a marked incongruity with the sex that is felt or expressed
(or in young adolescents, a desire to prevent the development of expected secondary sexual characteristics).
3. A strong desire to possess the sexual characteristics, both primary and secondary, corresponding to the opposite sex.
4. A strong desire to be of the other sex (or an alternate sex other than the one assigned to you).
5. A strong desire to be treated as the opposite sex (or a
alternative sex other than the one assigned).
6. A strong conviction that one has the feelings and
typical reactions of the other sex (or alternative sex
other than the one assigned).
there's no "may or may not", It is.
