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IDENTITY > GENDER IDENTITY

Preferred term

GENDER IDENTITY  

Definition

  • ONE'S INNERMOST CONCEPT OF SELF AS MALE, FEMALE, A BLEND OF BOTH OR NEITHER – HOW INDIVIDUALS PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES

Broader concept

Scope note

  • DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE TERMS 'SEX' OR 'SEXUAL ORIENTATION'.

History note

  • TERM RELABELLED APRIL 2021. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'SEXUAL IDENTITY' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:310eba0d-5522-4207-9069-d2a1a7423360:3

Date issued

  • 2022-09-20

DEFINITION SOURCE

  • www.hrc.org

In other languages

  • SEXUÁLNÍ IDENTITA

    Czech

  • POHLAVNÍ IDENTITA
  • SEKSUEL IDENTITET

    Danish

  • Dutch

  • SUKUPUOLI-IDENTITEETTI

    Finnish

  • IDENTITÉ DE GENRE

    French

  • German

  • GESCHLECHTLICHE IDENTITAET
  • GESCHLECHTLICHE IDENTITÄT
  • GESCHLECHTSIDENTITAET
  • SEXUELLE IDENTITAET
  • SEXUELLE IDENTITÄT
  • ΣΕΞΟΥΑΛΙΚΗ ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑ

    Greek

  • ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΦΥΛΟΥ
  • NEMI IDENTITÁS

    Hungarian

  • KYNFERÐISVITUND

    Icelandic

  • LYTINĖ TAPATYBĖ

    Lithuanian

  • LYTIES TAPATYBĖ
  • SEKSUALINĖ TAPATYBĖ
  • KJØNNSIDENTITET

    Norwegian

  • IDENTITATE DE GEN

    Romanian

  • FEMINITATE
  • MASCULINITATE
  • SPOLNA IDENTITETA

    Slovenian

  • IDENTIDAD DE GÉNERO

    Spanish

  • KÖNSIDENTITET

    Swedish

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/3/310eba0d-5522-4207-9069-d2a1a7423360

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