For as long as she can remember, 15-year-old Kiara has felt that she is a "boy trapped in a girl's body." This situation has caused Kiara intense distress, and she has wrestled with symptoms of depression centering around her own identity. She is learning about sexual reassignment surgery from her mother, who supports her daughter after taking Kiara to a doctor who diagnosed her as having gender __________.

A. role disorder
B. dysphoria
C. confusion disorder
D. denial disorder


Answer: B

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In the United States, most deaths of children ages 1 to 4 can be attributed to

A) car accidents. B) SIDS. C) fires and drowning. D) diseases and illnesses, such as cancer and heart disease.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A. has more than tripled than in the past years. B. indicate that LGBTQ teens are rarely victims of vernacular statements like "That's so gay." C. show that high school youth who come out face little or no verbal harassment currently. D. has continued to decline in the use of anti-LGBTQ language

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