Fifteen year old Latisha feels that she has been a "boy trapped in a girl's body" for as long as she can remember. This situation has caused Latisha intense distress, and she has wrestled with symptoms of depression centering around her own identity. She is learning about sexual reassignment surgery from her mother, who supports her daughter after taking her to a doctor who diagnosed her as having ________.

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The symptoms described in the scenario, along with the mention of sexual reassignment surgery and a medical diagnosis, suggest that Latisha is experiencing gender dysphoria. This is a condition in which someone feels a marked incongruence between their assigned gender and their experienced or expressed gender, causing significant distress or impairment. Option A ("gender roles disorder") is not a recognized diagnosis, and options C ("gender confusion disorder") and D ("gender denial disorder") are not accurate terms for this condition.

Fifteen Year Old Latisha Feels That She Has Been a "Boy