Captain Caveman wrote on Apr 9
th, 2018 at 8:54pm:
Mental disorder.
They need help....not praise.
Myth #8: Transgender people are mentally ill
Major medical organizations, like the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association, say
being transgender is not a mental disorder.
The APA explained this in explicit terms when it stopped using the term "gender identity disorder" in favor of "gender dysphoria": "Part of removing stigma is about choosing the right words. Replacing 'disorder' with 'dysphoria' in the diagnostic label is not only more appropriate and consistent with familiar clinical sexology terminology, it also removes the connotation that the patient is 'disordered.'"
Gender dysphoria — a state of emotional distress caused by how someone's body or the gender they were assigned at birth conflicts with their gender identity — is a widely recognized medical condition. If untreated, it can lead to severe mental health issues, including debilitating depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
But the AMA, APA, and other medical experts agree that letting someone transition, which can entail medical treatments like hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries, without social stigma is the main treatment for gender dysphoria.
In this way, being trans isn't the medical condition; living as trans is in fact the treatment to the medical condition.
https://www.vox.com/cards/transgender-myths-fiction-facts/transgender-people-men... Changing the narrative & wording to suit.