gender euphoria

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Noun[edit]

gender euphoria (uncountable)

  1. The profound feeling of joy and comfort that some transgender people and others feel when their internal gender identity aligns with their external gender presentation.
    Antonym: gender dysphoria
    Even though he wasn't out as trans* to anyone yet, he felt a rush of gender euphoria when the waiter called him "sir."

References[edit]

  • Benestad, E. E. P. “From Gender Dysphoria to Gender Euphoria: An Assisted Journey.” Sexologies, Sexological treatment in Northern Europe / Prises en charge sexologiques en Europe du nord, 19, no. 4 (October 1, 2010): 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sexol.2010.09.003.
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