dysphoria

The president also signed an order stating that those with gender dysphoria or “shifting pronoun usage” are unfit to serve in the military.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tapped into these anxieties, blaming chemicals, food additives and medications for increasing rates of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety and gender dysphoria.

The court heard how he had suffered body dysphoria since childhood and his feet were an "unwelcome extra" and a "persisting never-ending discomfort".

Hopper had suffered body dysphoria since childhood and his feet were an "unwelcome extra" and a "persisting never-ending discomfort" to him, said Mr Langdon.

The Belfast Health Trust runs the Brackenburn Clinic, based in south Belfast, which has a service for adults experiencing gender dysphoria.