Transvestic Disorder and Policy Dysfunction in the DSM-V
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/04/transvestic_disorder_and_policy_dysfunct.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/04/transvestic_disorder_and_policy_dysfunct.php)
Kelly Winters
4/27/09
While the current psychiatric classification of "Gender Identity Disorder" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has drawn global GLBTQ concern and controversy, the equally defamatory classification of "Transvestic Fetishism" has been largely overlooked by transadvocates and allies.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research this month, a "Provisional Report by the DSM-V Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders," was presented by Chairman Kenneth Zucker and a panel of workgroup members. Ray Blanchard, who chairs the Paraphilias Subcommittee, summarized proposals for "Pedohebehpilic Disorder" and "Transvestic Disorder" in the DSM-V.