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Why does UN say Gender Dysphoria NOT mental illness?

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Judder · 01/10/2018 15:56

AFAIK the World Health Org changed the definition in the last year or so to say it isn't a mental illness. Does anyone with scientific or medical or psychiatric knowledge understand why the definition changed? If it's not a mental illness, what kind of condition is it classed as and why? I've tried looking into this but it all goes over my head. Or if this has been discussed and I missed it, please could some kind person post a link to that thread. Ta.

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Bowlofbabelfish · 01/10/2018 16:39

There has been a concerted push by tras to get the DSM changed to remove this as a mental illness. There is an organisation called GATE that has focused on this:

This article is s long read, but very good.

‘Coordinating an international initiative focused on the ICD-11 revision and reform, supporting processes of legal depathologization and advocating for the identification of pathologization as a ground for human rights violations’

This would mean that the standard of care changes to a default of affirmation- meaning children will be able to access drugs etc younger and the likelihood of the doctors who push them being sued is lowered

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3328210-Follow-the-money-who-is-funding-the-US-transborg

R0wantrees · 01/10/2018 16:37

Perhaps worth looking at where the lobbying for this has come from?

Was it from medical professionals, trans rights activists and/or others?

JustNotCricketIsIt · 01/10/2018 16:32

They believe males can become women and decided everyone has to accept this.

ValWiggin · 01/10/2018 16:26

Curious about this too. I saw the same statement on the NHS pages, but it was (iirc) simply asserted, and not evidenced.