What gender dysphoria means and how it feels
Helen explains that gender dysphoria means feeling uncomfortable when your internal gender identity doesn't match your external appearance, describing how trans people experience this mismatch between their genetic sex and inner feelings
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Dr Helen Webberley, Gender Specialist and Medical Educator
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