Should Doctors Still Consider Transgenders to Be Suffering a 'Disorder'?
http://www.queerty.com/should-doctors-still-consider-transgenders-to-be-suffering-a-disorder-20081218/ (http://www.queerty.com/should-doctors-still-consider-transgenders-to-be-suffering-a-disorder-20081218/)
The fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders will soon be published, and with it come a slew of updates for medical professionals on what, exactly, "disorders" are. Whether somebody's mental state is considered a disorder isn't a silly little matter of clarifications; it can have consequences on insurance coverage, power of will questions, and stigmatization. The debate rages on for whether things like shopping addictions and binge eating should be included as official disorders, but for our kind, whether transgender people should be included — for "suffering" from a gender identity "disorder" — is a heated exchange.
I think it would be better for more people to get GID out of the DSM, and then end the notion of GID in the first place.
Oh, clearly! After all, if we couldn't categorize natural human variation as pathology, who would make any money?
/sarcasm
Lia