Gender Identity Disorder Diagnosis Is Quietly, Without Much MSM Notice, Going Aw

[Shana A]

Gender Identity Disorder Diagnosis Is Quietly, Without Much MSM Notice, Going Away
By: Autumn Sandeen Monday December 3, 2012 8:27 am    

http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/12/03/gender-identity-disorder-diagnosis-is-quietly-without-much-msm-notice-going-away/

The Gender Identity Disorder (GID) diagnosis is still going away, but it hasn't been reported much in mainstream media (MSM). When the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Version 5 (DSM-V) is printed in 2014, the GID diagnosis for adults and children will be gone, replaced with the Gender Dysphoria diagnosis.

The Guardian mentioned the change this week in their article Asperger's syndrome dropped from psychiatrists' handbook the DSM (emphasis added):

The term "gender identity disorder", for children and adults who strongly believe they were born the wrong gender, is being replaced with "gender dysphoria" to remove the stigma attached to the word "disorder". Supporters equated the change with removing homosexuality as a mental illness in the diagnostic manual decades ago.

[Padma]

for children and adults who strongly believe they were born the wrong gender - still manages to make it sound like a religion, rather than a treatable condition.