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Sexuality has many components, including sexual or romantic attraction, preferred partners, or behaviors. Rather than having anything to do with biology, gender is how we identify internally, as well as how we express it externally.

Exploring Your Sexuality

Exploring Your Sexuality: 10 Tips From a Therapist

It’s natural to explore your sexual ideas and feelings on a personal, emotional, and physical level. Many people begin to explore their sexuality between adolescence and early twenties, when they’re starting to discover their sexual preferences and who they experience physical attraction with. Some people explore their sexuality later in life when they might start feeling attracted to different people. There is no right or wrong time to gain a better understanding of your sexuality.

gender-dysphoria

Gender Dysphoria: Symptoms, Signs, & Treatments

Gender dysphoria involves experiencing discomfort with one’s designated sex, such as feeling uncomfortable with their physical body (which intensifies during puberty) to feeling uncomfortable with the expected social roles associated with their designated sex. These feelings typically begin before or during adolescence.

by: Vanessa Dominguez, PhD, LMFT, LPC

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