*TRIGGER WARNING* Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder'

[Jill F]

did someone say the earth traveled around the sun

I think it was that Galileo dude.  Got him into a heap of trouble with the Pope.

[Rotika]

He is a believer in  ->-bleeped-<- which has been totally discredited. If you use his name and variations of it in Search you will come up with hundreds of post discrediting him.

One of our members even had a TV interview argument with him and discredited him publicly.

I believe that he  is banned from WPATH and to be honest I wouldn't waste your eyeballs reading about him.

He is similar to the people who believe the world is flat, evolution never happened. The world was created in 7 days and is 6000 years old, fossils are planted, stars are pinpricks in the curtain and gender diversity can be 'cured' by torture.

He should be in gaol for human rights abuse.

(JMO)

I understand the point you were trying to make with your statement. Just realize that not all Christians are bad news. I'm seeing a lot of Bible bashing going on in this forum lately. I must say something. Sorry. I'm Christian and fully believe the universe (not just Earth) was created in 7 days. I am not offended. I'm just surprised no one else is.

[ImagineKate]

The danger of people like this is that lawmakers use their "studies" to promote discriminatory legislation and policies... and worse yet, try to "cure" us.

Hello, there is a cure, and I'm being treated.

[Jill F]

The danger of people like this is that lawmakers use their "studies" to promote discriminatory legislation and policies... and worse yet, try to "cure" us.

Hello, there is a cure, and I'm being treated.

The thing is that for pretty much every agenda, there are "studies" that support it and other "studies" that counter it.   The problem with most "studies" that are designed to "prove" a point is that they are far from scientific.   When evidence does not support a hypothesis, you are supposed to throw out the hypothesis, but plenty of "studies" will ignore all of the evidence that does not support their hypothesis. 

Also, data is very easily manipulated and 68.5% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[suzifrommd]

Most threads here are enlightening or helps us deal with stuff. I don't remember the last time I thought a thread deserved to die.

But this one does. The article it refers to needs to be thrown into the oubliette of history until it disintegrates. It was completely forgettable when it came out and has been thoroughly discredited. It would never have been published if it hadn't been written by a guy with a PhD who many decades ago held a prominent position within a respected institution before declining into his dotage with ossified and outmoded views.

Can we give this article the burial it is crying out for? I'll toss the first shovelful of dirt on its grave.

[Beth Andrea]

One last dig at the article..."CNS News"...I couldn't find a reference to what the letters "CNS" stands for, but the majority of articles appear to be pro-hard-core Christian, "we must BEEEElievvvvvEEE the BIIIIIIIIIble...!" oriented.

On that basis alone I'd bury it.

*runs to get the front-end loader*

[DarkWolf_7]

It's already be stated numerous time that this "psychiartist" is just saying BS.

The state of being transgender is not a disorder but gender dysphoria is.

But I will state that a 'mental disorder' is not:
- wrong
- crazy
- made up
- shameful
- an illness (yes, a lot of psychologists interchange mental disorder and mental illness but illness has such a temporary connotation which only some disorders are) 
- necessarily can be cured by medication (technically transitioning is a 'cure' of some sort, plus I don't know of a single medication that actually cures any mental disorder only lessens it if anything)

Saying it is not a mental disorder is saying:
- does not cause distress
- has no neurological explanation (therefore made up)
- is not a problem
- no reason for it to be covered by health insurance

[Hermosa_Tabby]

I send very polite messages to anti-trans groups asking them why they think I am the enemy. I let them know that they are not my enemy, and I wish them peace and understanding of their fear of the world. I then recommend they receive therapy to address their issues and offer to answer any questions they may have.

The majority of hate groups consist of people who don't have a friend or anyone to talk to who is trans. I offer them truth as if I came at them with hatred, it will provide no progress for us at all.

[Hermosa_Tabby]

The thing with  ->-bleeped-<- is that in a sense it's hard to disprove, but I am quite confident it's an effect and not a cause.

Does the thought of being an attractive woman turn me on, well....
Does the thought of being an attractive woman turn any ciswoman on?

The reason I am trying to say this is that even though this guy was an ->-bleeped-<-,  ->-bleeped-<- as a symptom, could be used in early detection of GID, or something that psychologists could use to present GID to closeted older people who display signs. I was a closeted older person not too long ago and having a very female-like sexuality made me able to confront myself and evaluate my gender role. I had repressed all of myself and built a mask so strong, that I believed it myself. My femininity is something that caused me much anguish in school at a very young age, and I just shut down my internal female.