Is Gender Identity Disorder An Illness?

[Natasha]

Is Gender Identity Disorder An Illness?

http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Is-Gender-Identity-Disorder-An-Illness-/466429
7/28/2008

Gender identity disorder refers to individuals who are living as one gender but were born another biological sex and most often are having problems dealing with their situation. Psychiatrists use this term to explain the disorders that are related to issues of transgender identity and transsexuals. This classification is also used to refer to people who call themselves transsexuals, but they don't necessarily feel that it is a disorder.

[Elwood]

My medical doctor doesn't think it's a disorder. She calls it "being transgendered," not "GID." I really like that about her. But my past therapists have treated it differently. Hopefully my new therapist (who I will be seeing in September) won't be so in the mood to say I'm "ill."

I don't think it's an illness, but I do believe it is a disorder. It has caused a great deal of "disorder" in my life.