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Are these correct?

  1. I was born with the wrong gender.

  2. I was born into the wrong gender.

  3. I was born the wrong gender.

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Number 1 is grammatically correct. One is born with certain physical attributes, whether a hair lip, a deformed foot or large ears.

Whether you are born with a gender takes you into a different semantic field. Many people argue that while you are born with certain (male/female) sexual characteristics, you later grow into or adopt a gender. They would challenge the notion that you are born with a gender or with the wrong gender.

It is not grammatically correct to say that you were born into a gender or born a gender.

https://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html
https://amaze.org/video/gender-identity-sex-at-birth/

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    I don't see anything grammatically wrong with saying "born into a gender". Depending on your understanding of the word, you may regard it as factually impossible, but the grammar is fine.
    – Colin Fine
    Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 23:52
  • @ColinFine True, the audience might query the speaker's intended meaning but the grammar is impeccable.
    – Ronald Sole
    Commented Oct 29, 2020 at 19:42

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