Task Force affirms American Psychiatric Association's refutation of 'gender iden

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Task Force affirms American Psychiatric Association's refutation of 'gender identity disorder'

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News release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:

    WASHINGTON, April 12 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force today affirmed the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) refutation of "gender identity disorder" in favor of "gender incongruence," but calls for the removal of "transvestic disorder" and expresses concerns about other proposed revisions to the upcoming 5th edition of the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force affirmed the APA's revision of its diagnostic category that commonly serves transgender and gender nonconforming people, changing "gender identity disorder" to "gender incongruence" in the proposed new volume of the DSM.