Gender-Variant Children And Transsexuals Will Likely Still Be Disordered In DSM-V
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed May 07, 2008 at 23:45:00 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=6BB849F99A09E5DEF689ACE282AF23DB?diaryId=5310In 1973, Homosexuality was was removed as a disorder from the American Psychological Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Second Edition (DSM-II). It was the step that recognized that individuals whose sexual interests are directed primarily toward people of the same sex weren't afflicted with a psychiatric disorder.
When we flash forward to 2008, we find Gender Identity Disorder -- the diagnosis for transsexuals and gender-variant children -- is found in DSM-IV TR. When the DSM is revised in a couple of years for DSM-V, Gender Identity Disorder will likely still be there. And, with the Gender Identity Disorder diagnosis for children will further the American Psychological Association's (APA's) approval of conversion therapy for children, used in an attempt to gender norm gender-variant/LGBT children (Think Zach).
