Gender identity disorder, as identified by psychologists and medical doctors, is a condition with which a person who has been assigned one gender (usually at birth on the basis of their sex, but compare intersexual), but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role their respective society prescribes to them. It is a psychiatric term for what is widely known by terms like transsexuality, transgender and (subject to debate, but full-fledged GID is present in at least some cases) transvestism or cross-dressing. Another proposed term for the condition is Benjamin's Syndrome, named for Harry Benjamin, a pioneering researcher in the field of transsexuality.
This feeling is usually reported as "having always been there", although in some cases, it seems to appear in adolescence or even in adulthood, and it has been reported by some as intensifying over time. Since many cultures strongly disapprove of cross-gender behaviour, it often results in significant problems for those affected, and sometimes for their close friends and family members as well. In many cases, discomfort is also reported as stemming from the feeling that one's body is "wrong" or meant to be different.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity_disorder
Dec 25, 2005 @ 21:25:30
but anyways apparently it's just a phase and the little boy is just trying to imitate his mother you know he wants to do things like mommy does and he said they just need to reinforce the differences between boys and girls. IT doesn't neccesarily have anything to do with sexual preference, after all he's only 8 he doesn't even know what sex is. I'm not an expert but those are just a few things I heard.
I actually thought Mickey was back.
