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Gender identity, the individual’s sense of being male or female, appears to be a fundamental psychological phenomenon and not related in any way to chromosomes or anatomy. In transsexualism, gender identity and anatomy are incongruous.
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Philip, P.F. (1988). Transsexualism in the Male: Male to Female Gender Reassignment. In: Gingell, J.C., Abrams, P.H. (eds) Controversies and Innovations in Urological Surgery. Clinical Practice in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3142-7_41
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