dys-pho-ri-a [dis-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr-]
noun Pathology
a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
Above is dictionary.com’s definition of dysphoria.
If you add the word “body” or “gender” to that definition, it becomes “body dysphoria” or “gender dysphoria”. That then turns the definition into:
a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting to do with one’s body or sex.
This means that people who do not identify as male or female(genderqueer, nonconforming) can feel dysphoria. If they choose to identify as trans* but not on either side of the spectrum, and areunsatisfied, anxious, restless, or fidget with their physical attributes, they feel dysphoria.
Dysphoria is a term for everyone. Just because someone doesn’t identify as either male or female doesn’t mean that they don’t feel it, and doesn’t mean that they are comfortable with their body.
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