Online Reference For Body, Mind & Spirit

Term: Gender Identity

DEFINITION:

The way a person self-defines—as male, female, neither, both, or some other category. This may or may not be congruent with biological sex or genitalia. 

AUTHOR:  Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson
SOURCE:  Great Sex Made Simple, by Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson (Llewellyn Publications)