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Title: Is "Gender Incongruence" the Cure for What Ails?
Post by: Butterfly on February 11, 2010, 01:44:23 PM
Post by: Butterfly on February 11, 2010, 01:44:23 PM
Is "Gender Incongruence" the Cure for What Ails?
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Keri Renault
February 11, 2010 9:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/is_gender_incongruence_the_cure_for_what_ails.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/is_gender_incongruence_the_cure_for_what_ails.php)
The American Psychiatric Association has released a draft of proposed diagnostic criteria for its Diagnostic & Statistical Manual-V (DSM-V). A 90-day review period is now underway with feedback solicited prior to creation of a final draft which will be published in 2013.
My initial reaction to the draft after a cursory review is generally positive. It's progress. The new code would replace the punitive descriptor "disorder" with the palliative term "incongruence." But does it cure what really ails us?
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Keri Renault
February 11, 2010 9:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/is_gender_incongruence_the_cure_for_what_ails.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/is_gender_incongruence_the_cure_for_what_ails.php)
The American Psychiatric Association has released a draft of proposed diagnostic criteria for its Diagnostic & Statistical Manual-V (DSM-V). A 90-day review period is now underway with feedback solicited prior to creation of a final draft which will be published in 2013.
My initial reaction to the draft after a cursory review is generally positive. It's progress. The new code would replace the punitive descriptor "disorder" with the palliative term "incongruence." But does it cure what really ails us?