Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity Disorder, or GID, is a medical term used to describe a person of one biological gender who identifies as the other gender. For example, a biological male may feel uncomfortable with his own gender, and feel as though he is actually a female, or vice versa. Gender Identity Disorder may be treated as a psychological as well as a medical issue, or often as both simultaneously. Some people with gender identity disorder may choose eventually to undergo some type of surgery in order to make their physical body look more like the body they feel they should have. This may include removal of the breasts and the refashioning of the genitals. These surgeries are generally referred to as sex or gender reassignment surgery.