Quote (Handcuffs @ Feb 13 2024 03:32pm)
Being gay was classified as a mental illness before it was declassified. And, beyond that, people mistake "Gender Dysphoria" as the same as "being transgender", but the former refers to a specific experience and the latter is an affirmed state of living. It would be like saying that the treatment for depression is to live as a depressed person.
Your position is anti-scientific. Your process is as-follows:
Does this research support my opinion? It is good research.
Does this research counter my opinion? It is biased and the result of the woke agenda politicizing science.
You have a cart before the horse approach to this topic.
sure, but from googling it looks like being gay was removed in 1952, gender dysphoria was removed in 2012.
the stated goal of removing it from the DSM was to help remove stigma and help ensure care. just reeks of semantics to me, rather than science tbh.
"we're not saying there's nothing wrong with these people. in fact we're doing this so they can get medical care because they do need medical care. and we dont want them to feel stigmatized for what's ailing them".
mental illness became a buzzword for right winged anti trans people, and thus it was toppled. pretty ironic considering there's a movement to destigmatize mental illness itself, and treatment by therapists.
so we live in a culture of therapy that is preaching mental illness is ok and not shameful, and should be treated (i agree), but also being trans isn't at ALL a mental illness. dont even dare say it, or else you hate science, because we removed it, so they wouldnt feel as stigmatized (good luck there) and could get medical care in countries where a diagnosis is required to receive care where people were having a hard time getting diagnosed.
honestly tho to be frank, as someone with no horse in the race, i just see a lot of dishonesty and obstructing from both sides in this issue. much like most issues. doom and gloom vs. fervant anti-alarmism. lines in the sand and no progress. i dont really care, we have much bigger issues than to fiddle the knobs on .1% of the population.