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transloveuality as a mental disability - discussion
Rigel:
--- Quote from: Stick Man on March 21, 2017, 07:15:01 PM ---gender dysphoria wouldn't be an issue if everybody was a hermaphrodite.
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I am okay with this.
Red Spy:
Yes
Why would you harbor an illness
RedGajin:
--- Quote from: Stick Man on March 21, 2017, 07:15:01 PM ---gender dysphoria wouldn't be an issue if everybody was a hermaphrodite.
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its not gay if they have both
PhantOS:
legally, transloveuality isn't a mental disorder. the latest DSM explains this.
bathroom issue is a dud. the whole point of letting people use the bathroom they're most comfortable with is to make them feel comfortable. However, some people may not feel comfortable if a transgender person enters the bathroom they're in. Both parties are in the same situation, so choosing one over the other is unfair. I'd suggest a 'forget it' bathroom where people of any sort of gender or identity can go in and be separate from others to avoid discomfort.
Pecon:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on March 21, 2017, 08:04:07 PM ---legally, transloveuality isn't a mental disorder. the latest DSM explains this.
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I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I think it's basically correct to classify it as a mental illness; but on the other hand I think classifying it that way has somewhat increased stigma about it. Since people with gender dysphoria already deal with stigma, classifying it as a mental illness opens it to a little bit of additional stigma due to general views on mental illnesses. The main reason they wanted to eliminate it as a mental disorder is because unlike a number of other disorders it, in an ideal world, should have no impact on the people that interact with the person experiencing it. My opinion usually is still that it should be classified as a mental illness, because that helps it receive appropriate attention by medical insurance and other agencies that are involved in the process of helping people with mental illnesses; and also because it's just scientifically accurate to classify it that way.
Also the 'bathroom issue' is a load of crap to distract people from real issues.