Trans Diagnosis: Medical, Psychological or ... for medical paths (surgery, hormones, etc.)

Linus · 01-04-2010, 08:24 AM

So this is something I've been pondering. Like a few trans individuals I know, I don't like the DSM's take that being trans (I'm using trans as the short form for sake of ease and inclusiveness) means having a mental disorder. One of the things I recognize, however, is the medical industry's need to classify things for the sake of diagnosis and for the health insurance industry's need to classify things as urgent, elective, etc.

So the question is this: if GID/trans-sexuality/trans-sexed is removed from the DSM, how will the medical industry recognize it as something that needs medical attention? Classify it as a physical medical disorder?

01-04-2010, 08:24 AM	#1
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