Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Actually it's not a mental health issue in the UK although if not treated it can lead to mental health issues.
Gender dysphoria is a pathology and is a mental health issue.
You're confusing transgenderism with gender dysphoria. Not all people who are transgender have gender dysphoria. There are diagnostic guidelines in the DSM 5 for identifying when transgenderism becomes gender dysphoria.
DSM-5 states that the initial condition for the identification of gender dysphoria in both adults and teenagers is a noticeable incongruence between the gender the patient believes they are, and what society perceives them to be. This disparity should be ongoing for at least 6 months and should consist of 2 or more of the subsequent criteria (American Psychiatric Association, 2013):Noticeable incongruence between the gender that the patient sees themselves are, and what their classified gender assignment
An intense need to do away with his or her primary or secondary sex features (or, in the case of young teenagers, to avert the maturity of the likely secondary features)
An intense desire to have the primary or secondary sex features of the other gender
A deep desire to transform into another gender
A profound need for society to treat them as another gender
A powerful assurance of having the characteristic feelings and responses of the other gender
The second necessity is that the condition should be connected with clinically important distress, or affects the individual significantly socially, at work, and in other import areas of life.
https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/gender-dysphoria-dsm--5-302.85-(f64.9)
And a better break down of why they chose to differentiate GD from transgenderism is captured in this chapter:
Most specifically:
The diagnostic label was changed to gender dysphoria, which was based on two considerations: first, it was selected as a more accurate term which highlighted the aversive emotional component of the condition and was already a term that has had a long history in clinical sexology. It was also consistent with the general argument that the diagnostic term should, in a more transparent manner, indicate that it pertains to "distress" (dysphoria) and not identity per se.
My reply is not necessarily to you but to anyone who wants to familiarize themselves with the current literature on the topic and who also may have been misled by your post when you stated it was not a mental health issue. Perhaps you made a minor mistake but it is important that people who may read this thread get the correct information.
Originally posted by dadudemonNot according to WHO but create your own definition that's fine. It can lead to mental issues. It's no longer considered a disorder by WHO either. But, you know... facts.
Gender dysphoria is a pathology and is a mental health issue.You're confusing transgenderism with gender dysphoria. Not all people who are transgender have gender dysphoria. There are diagnostic guidelines in the DSM 5 for identifying when transgenderism becomes gender dysphoria.
https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/gender-dysphoria-dsm--5-302.85-(f64.9)
And a better break down of why they chose to differentiate GD from transgenderism is captured in this chapter:
Most specifically:
My reply is not necessarily to you but to anyone who wants to familiarize themselves with the current literature on the topic and who also may have been misled by your post when you stated it was not a mental health issue. Perhaps you made a minor mistake but it is important that people who may read this thread get the correct information.
Actually something just occurred to me about the logic put forth the other day about using the word "phaggot".
Logic was it's okay for Adam to use it against me cuz he's gay. The logic also was that it's okay for Rob to use it against me since neither he nor I are gay.
Okay. So then it's okay for Rob to call me the N word. If I was black and he was white it wouldn't be okay. But since neither of us are black it must be okay to call me the N word. I'm talking with a hard "er" at the end. Would this be acceptable?
Originally posted by BackFire
No because you’re black.
Reminds me of the story Mairuzu told of a black man who cut him off on the highway.
When Mairuzu was exiting off the highway, he rolled his window down and yelled at him "YOU'RE BLACK!" as if that would get him back or something.
haermm
I miss Mairuzu.