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Children and gender identity: Supporting your child
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What are the basics of gender identity?
Is your child transgender?
How can you support a gender-nonconforming or transgender child?
What kind of health care does your child need?
What is gender exploration and social transitioning?
How can you advocate for your child?
What are the basics of gender identity?
A person's sex assigned at birth, gender identity — the internal sense of being male, female, neither or both — gender expression and sexual orientation are separate things. They can happen in many combinations. Having a particular sex assigned at birth or gender expression doesn't mean a person has any specific gender identity or sexual orientation.
