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And really Monkey...

Posted by Pharmakon on 2025-January-10 15:28:03, Friday
In reply to Re: And really Eric..... posted by monkeyLostInHead on 2025-January-10 14:58:38, Friday
That's why I provided the quote about "sexual health service."

I wanted to keep the quote short, but I guess you need the part I left out (too much to expect, I suppose, that you would bother clicking on the link):

The condition of gender dysphoria in the DSM-5 standard, an older (2013) diagnostic classification system published by the American Psychiatric Society, also does not require distress to be expressed.

It is diagnosed on the basis of symptoms that must be associated with either distress or “impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning”.

Societal marginalization of trans people can create social and other “impairment” issues for patients, which medical care can help to address. It is not the case that trans people with gender dysphoria have to be innately distressed as either a cause or consequence of being trans.


So it's not fixing or curing. It's addressing functional impairment caused by societal marginalization. Very much in the same ballpark as clef palate, which Etenne cited in the post in this thread linked below.

hugzu ;-p


Pharmakon
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