[chordalkeyboard]

This is probably fine because mental illness is an ill-defined category. One hopes they will remain consistent. Unless it gets problematic and then we will just have to be content with inconsistency about things we care about.

[DanBC]

Yes, but it's important because the direction of travel is de-pathologisation. Being trans is not a disorder. Trans people sometimes have an underlying condition. In ICD10 that's Gender dysphoria, which is classed as a mental health problem. In ICD11 it'll be gender incongruence, which will be classed as a sexual health problem.

So, internationally agreed science and medicine says that being trans is not a mental health condition.

This matters because people calling it mental illness are often trying to deny access to healthcare. They'll say that transition is complex, and that other things should be tried first. What they mean is transition is bad and that as many people as possible should be prevented from transition and that conversion therapy should be imposed on these people.

[wayneftw]

The "science" here has absolutely been affected by decades of lobbying and coercion.

> In 1973, after intense lobbying by gay and lesbian groups and new scientific information from researchers like Evelyn Hooker and Kinsey, the APA declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder[33] with a vote of 58% of the membership supporting the measure. [0]

I'm not saying that every lobbying effort was wrong - but you have to admit a couple things here:

1. Topics that are surrounded by controversy are way more susceptible the effects of political agendas. [1]

2. Psychology is a soft science. [2] So, it's even more susceptible.

[0] https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_psychology

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politicization_of_science

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_science