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by PhasmaFelis 2445 days ago
The American Psychiatric Association and the DSM-5 on gender dysphoria: https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Psychiatrists/Prac...

Notable points: Gender nonconformity is explicitly not a disorder. Gender dysphoria is, but only in "the presence of clinically significant distress associated with the condition." Approved treatments for gender dysphoria explicitly include "transition" and "hormone therapy, related surgery."

The other major classification system, the United Nations World Health Organization's ICD, has similar language. Feel free to look it up.

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yep, all political activism: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-05-31/...

evidence of banning by sensitive/offended people: https://www.christianpost.com/news/twitter-banned-psychologi...

you really think not picking a gender is not a disorder? yep thats right there next to flat earth then

Your first link doesn't actually support your argument at all. And Twitter doesn't affect the DSM, the ISD, or the worldwide medical consensus.

As I said, you're allowed to believe whatever you want. Science doesn't care about your feelings.