THis is an example of the GIDYQ-AA — essentially, the trans person test.

The items were developed by the North American Task Force on Intersexuality Research Protocol Working Group (S. J. Kessler, H. F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, J. M. Schober, and K. J. Zucker). They were generated based on clinical experience in working with patients with gender dysphoria (both with and without somatic intersexuality), the DSM-IV-TR criteria for GID, and wording modifications from both Cohen-Kettenis and van Goozen (1997) and Docter and Fleming (2001). An effort was made to capture a range of subjective (n : 13 items), social (n = 9 items), somatic (n = 3 items), and sociolegal (n = 2) indicators of gender identity/ gender dysphoria that could be answered in parallel form by both males and females. Each item was rated on a 5-point response scale, with the past 12 months as the time frame. The response options were Always (coded as 1), Often (2), Sometimes (3), Rarely (4), or Never (5).

Items 1, 13, and 27 were reversed scored. For adolescents <18 years of age, the words woman and man were changed to girl and boy, respectively. Items 1-2, 5-10, 16, and 24-27 were considered to be subjective indicators of gender identity/gender dysphoria; Items 3-4, 11, 13-15, and 17-19 were considered social indicators; Items 20-22 were considered somatic indicators; and Items 12 and 23 were considered sociolegal indicators.

From the DSM-V PR’s Rationales:

For the current analysis, we coded a symptom as present if the participant endorsed one of the two most extreme response options (frequently or always) and as absent if the participant endorsed one of the three other options (never, rarely, sometimes). This yielded a true positive rate of 94.2% and a false positive rate of 0.7%. Because the wording of the items on the GIDYQ is not identical to the wording of the proposed indicators, further validational work will be required during field trials.

Female Version [Response options are Always, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, or Never].

01. In the past 12 months, have you felt satisfied being a woman?

02. In the past 12 months, have you felt uncertain about your gender, that is, feeling somewhere in between a woman and a man?

03. In the past 12 months, have you felt pressured by others to be a woman, although you don’t really feel like one?

04. In the past 12 months, have you felt, unlike most women, that you have to work at being a woman?

05. In the past 12 months, have you felt that you were not a real woman?

6. In the past 12 months, have you felt, given who you really are (e.g., what you like to do, how you act with other people), that it would be better for you to live as a man rather than as a woman?

07. In the past 12 months, have you had dreams?

If NO, skip to Question 8.

If YES, Have you been in your dreams?

If NO, skip to Question 8.

If YES, In the past 12 months, have you had dreams in which you were a man?

08. In the past 12 months, have you felt unhappy about being a woman?

09. In the past 12 months, have you felt uncertain about yourself, at times feeling more like a man and at times feeling more like a woman?

10. In the past 12 months, have you felt more like a man than like a woman?

11. In the past 12 months, have you felt that you did not have anything in common with either men or women?

12. In the past 12 months, have you been bothered by seeing yourself identified as female or having to check the box “F” for female on official forms (e.g., employment applications, driver’s license, passport)?

13. In the past 12 months, have you felt comfortable when using women’s restrooms in public places?

14. In the past 12 months, have strangers treated you as a man?

15. In the past 12 months, at home, have people you know, such as friends or relatives, treated you as a man?

16. In the past 12 months, have you had the wish or desire to be a man?

17. In the past 12 months, at home, have you dressed and acted as a man?

18. In the past 12 months, at parties or at other social gatherings, have you presented yourself as a man?

19. In the past 12 months, at work or at school, have you presented yourself as a man?

20. In the past 12 months, have you disliked your body because it is female (e.g., having breasts or having a vagina)?

21. In the past 12 months, have you wished to have hormone treatment to change your body into a man’s?

22. In the past 12 months, have you wished to have an operation to change your body into a man’s (e.g., to have your breasts removed or to have a penis made)?

23. In the past 12 months, have you made an effort to change your legal sex (e.g., on a driver’s licence or credit card)?

24. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a “hermaphrodite” or an “intersex” rather than as a man or woman?

25. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a “transgendered person”?

26. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a man?

27. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a woman?

Male Version

01. In the past 12 months, have you felt satisfied being a man?

02. In the past 12 months, have you felt uncertain about your gender, that is, feeling somewhere in between a man and a woman?

03. In the past 12 months, have you felt pressured by others to be a man, although you don’t really feel like one?

04. In the past 12 months, have you felt, unlike most men, that you have to work at being a man?

05. In the past 12 months, have you felt that you were not a real man?

06. In the past 12 months, have you felt, given who you really are (e.g., what you like to do, how you act with other people), that it would be better for you to live as a woman rather than as a man?

07. In the past 12 months, have you had dreams?

If NO, skip to Question 8.

If YES, Have you been in your dreams?

If NO, skip to Question 8.

If YES, In the past 12 months, have you had dreams in which you were a woman?

08. In the past 12 months, have you felt unhappy about being a man?

09. In the past 12 months, have you felt uncertain about yourself, at times feeling more like a woman and at times feeling more like a man?

10. In the past 12 months, have you felt more like a woman than like a man?

11. In the past 12 months, have you felt that you did not have anything in common with either women or men?

12. In the past 12 months, have you been bothered by seeing yourself identified as male or having to check the box “M” for male on official forms (e.g., employment applications, driver’s license, passport)?

13. In the past 12 months, have you felt comfortable when using men’s restrooms in public places?

14. In the past 12 months, have strangers treated you as a woman?

15. In the past 12 months, at home, have people you know, such as friends or relatives, treated you as a woman?

16. In the past 12 months, have you had the wish or desire to be a woman?

17. In the past 12 months, at home, have you dressed and acted as a woman?

18. In the past 12 months, at parties or at other social gatherings, have you presented yourself as a woman?

19. In the past 12 months, at work or at school, have you presented yourself as a woman?

20. In the past 12 months, have you disliked your body because it is male (e.g., having a penis or having hair on your chest, arms, and legs)?

21. In the past 12 months, have you wished to have hormone treatment to change your body into a woman’s?

22. In the past 12 months, have you wished to have an operation to change your body into a woman’s (e.g., to have your penis removed or to have a vagina made)?

23. In the past 12 months, have you made an effort to change your legal sex (e.g., on a driver’s licence or credit card)?

24. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a “hermaphrodite” or an “intersex” rather than as a man or woman?

25. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a “transgendered person”?

26. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a woman?

27. In the past 12 months, have you thought of yourself as a man?

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