A video about Gender Identity Disorder and the DSM, mainly about concerns that people are having with the future of the "disorder".
Some great points brought up in this video:
- The way the diagnosis stands now is that it is saying their gender identity is disordered. What is actually disordered is their brain identity and phenotypically how they present or their body is incongruent, or incompatible.
- If something can be fixed with a physical transformation, then it shouldn't be considered a mental health condition.
It's also important to note that although many of what is said is still relevant to this day, a bit of it may be outdated due to the video being two years old. For example, committee members may have changed as well as what exactly is going to be happening to GID.
-Emily Gutman
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