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Once gender identity is established, children tend to engage in activities associated with their identified gender through a process called identification. Identification is a psychological process in which children try to look, act, feel, and be like significant people in their social environment, such as peers and adults. Adults often provide certain expectations for children that serve as a framework for how children should or should not behave. When individuals identify as a gender other than the gender aligned with their assigned biological sex, they identify as transgender. Research suggests that gender identity in transgender children is just as strong as it is in cisgender children (Gülgöz et al., 2019). Additionally, societal expectations have little to no impact on a transgender child’s sense of gender identity. While the child may risk social rejection, they are likely still to seek environmental cues that support their gender identity.