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Several studies[7,8] have disputed the “optimal gender policy” for infants with DSD. While the notion that “nurture overrules nature” in gender identity prevailed in the past, studies have shown that DSD children do not always conform to the sex of rearing as they grow into adults.[9] Gender dysphoria refers to a conflict between a person’s physical or assigned sex and the gender with which they identify. The more recent term for gender dysphoria is gender identity disorder (GID). People with GID[10] have a strong and persistent cross-gender identification manifested in adolescents and adults by symptoms such as a stated desire to be the other sex, desire to live or be treated as the other sex, or the conviction that he or she has the typical feelings and reactions of the other sex.