For as long as she can remember, 15-year-old Kiara has felt…

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 __________.

Michael is homosexual and has been for many years. Ever sinc…

Michael is homosexual and has been for many years. Ever since high school, he knew that he was gay, although he often wished that he was heterosexual. The fact that Michael is sexually attracted to men and not to women is defined in the text as his sexual __________.