Table 1.

Definitions.

Gender dysphoria (DSM-5)	Diagnosis made if the individual experiences two or more of these experiences: •a marked incongruence between gender identity and sex characteristics •a desire to be rid of one's sex characteristics •a strong desire for the sex characteristics of the other gender •a strong desire to be the other gender (or an alternative, i.e. non-binary gender) •a desire to be treated as being the other gender (or an alternative, i.e. non-binary gender) •a conviction that one has the same feelings and responses as the other gender (or an alternative, i.e. non-binary gender) This should be associated with significant distress or functional impairment for a diagnosis to be made
Gender identity	An individual's felt sense of their identity being masculine, feminine, a combination or none of these
Gender expression	How an individual behaves, interacts with others, dresses, and otherwise displays their gender identity to others.
Gender norms	Societal expectations about how an individual will behave and express their gender. Therefore someone born female is expected to act in a stereotypically feminine way and someone born male is expected to act in a stereotypically masculine way.