A nurse is conducting a health history for a woman at a local clinic. The woman tells the nurse, "I feel like I am a man trapped in this woman's body." What term is given to this feeling?

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The feeling described by the woman is characteristic of someone who identifies as a transsexual, which means that their gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

A Nurse Is Conducting a Health History for a Woman