Explaining the nature of gender identity{letter}

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by DP Opinion on February 18, 2008
Stuart Gunckel, Chair, Board of Directors, PFLAG Denver

Denver Post

"The article about the gender identity of a Douglas County student focused on how the school district was addressing this and the reaction of at least one parent of a classmate. There was little explanation about the nature of gender identity itself.

It is the practice and habit to assign gender identity at birth, based on apparent physiology. But that physical assignment does not always match a person's inner orientation and identity. When that mismatch occurs, a personal struggle ensues to understand "who I am." At what age this conflict emerges is not defined or confined by any arbitrary rule."

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