Trans and Mental Health: "But It Shouldn't Matter If I Was."
Filed by: Mercedes Allen
October 18, 2010 1:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/10/trans_and_mental_health_but_it_shouldnt_matter_if.phpA guest post by Static Nonsense at Questioning Transphobia entitled Intersections of Disability and ->-bleeped-<- raises some important points that apply to the campaigns to remove GID from the DSM and ICD that govern mental health issues:
But it sometimes goes to extremes. All too often people are quick to point out that they're not crazy. People with mental illness are crazy, and people shouldn't conflate the two. Trans people aren't loony like those real loony people are. Which causes a whole mess of problems a la ableism, psychophobia and a combination of misunderstanding and misinformation.
For one, it isolates trans people with mental illness, even when they don't relate. Because suddenly, they are those real loony people. The ones being targeted, within a community they're seeking support from.
