Gender Identity

"Gender Identity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.

Descriptor ID	D005783
MeSH Number(s)	F01.393.446.250 F01.752.747.385.200 F01.752.747.722.200 F02.739.794.793.200
Concept/Terms	Gender Identity Gender Identity Gender Identities Identity, Gender Sex Role Sex Role Role, Sex Roles, Sex Sex Roles Gender Role Gender Roles Roles, Gender Gender Gender Men's Role Men's Role Role, Men's Roles, Men's Man's Role Role, Man's Woman's Role Woman's Role Role, Woman's Roles, Woman's Woman's Roles Women's Role Role, Women's Roles, Women's Women's Roles

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gender Identity".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Defense Mechanisms [F01.393]
Identification (Psychology) [F01.393.446]
Gender Identity [F01.393.446.250]
Personality [F01.752]
Personality Development [F01.752.747]
Identification (Psychology) [F01.752.747.385]
Gender Identity [F01.752.747.385.200]
Psychosexual Development [F01.752.747.722]
Gender Identity [F01.752.747.722.200]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Psychological Theory [F02.739]
Psychoanalytic Theory [F02.739.794]
Psychosexual Development [F02.739.794.793]
Gender Identity [F02.739.794.793.200]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Gender Identity".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Gender Identity".

Gender Identity
Femininity
Masculinity

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gender Identity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 53 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	0	3	3
2016	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	3	1	4
2021	4	4	8
2022	0	7	7
2023	0	7	7
2024	2	3	5
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in Profiles.

Jenkins WD, Beach LB, Schneider J, Friedman SR, Pho MT, Walters S, Ezell J, Young AM, Hennessy C, Miller WC, Go VF, Sun C, Seal DW, Westergaard RP, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Ruderman SA, Fletcher S, Ma J, Delaney JA, Plaisance K, Feinberg J, Smith GS, Korthuis PT, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD, Zule W, Winer M. Sexual identity, sexual behavior, and drug use behaviors among people who use drugs in the rural U.S. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Apr; 171:209629.

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Leder SM, McConnell AA, Lamba S, Sonnier C, Matza AR, Meriwether WE, Brown GR, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jones KT. Impact of Gender Identity Field in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record, 2016?2023. Am J Public Health. 2025 Mar; 115(3):403-413.

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LeClair AM, Rose R, Barker O, Carpenter E, Concannon TW, Boehmer U, Blazey-Martin D, Bird CE, Freund KM, Lemon SC. Health Care Workers' Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12):814-819.

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Candrian C, Weissman JS, Tjia J. SOGI Data Collection - Proceeding, but with Caution. N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 15; 391(7):580-581.

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DeVone F, Jutkowitz E, Halladay C, Kauth MR, Cohen AJ, Tsai J. Moving Beyond International Classification of Diseases Codes for the Retrospective Identification of Gender Diverse Veterans. LGBT Health. 2025 Jan; 12(1):71-76.

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Godwin EG, Moore LM, Sansfa?on AP, Nishman MM, Rosal MC, Katz-Wise SL. Experiences of cisgender youth with a transgender and/or nonbinary sibling. Fam Process. 2024 Jun; 63(2):1025-1045.

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Goldstein KM, Kung LCY, Dailey SA, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Burke C, Shepherd-Banigan M, Lumsden R, Sims C, Schexnayder J, Patel D, Cantrell S, Sheahan KL, Gierisch JM. Strategies for enhancing the representation of women in clinical trials: an evidence map. Syst Rev. 2024 01 02; 13(1):2.

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Wolfe HL, Boyer TL, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jasuja GK, Blosnich JR. Barriers and Facilitators to Gender-affirming Hormone Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Ann Behav Med. 2023 11 16; 57(12):1014-1023.

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Ferrucci KA, Lapane KL, Jesdale BM, McPhillips E, Dub? CE. Eating Disorder Specialist Views on Gender Competency and Education for Treating Gender Minority Patients. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2024 04; 51(2):232-249.

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Boyer TL, Wolfe HL, Littman AJ, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Blosnich JR. Patient Experiences and Provider Perspectives on Accessing Gender-Affirming Surgical Services in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Dec; 38(16):3549-3557.

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