Since many people whose physical sex does not match their sexual identity are well-adjusted, the new diagnosis in the DSM-5 applies only to individuals who are deeply troubled by their gender variance. This new diagnostic term is

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The DSM-5 replaced the term "gender identity disorder" with "gender dysphoria" to focus on the distress and impairment that some individuals experience due to a discrepancy between their experienced or expressed gender and their assigned gender, rather than treating the gender variance itself as a disorder.

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