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It's the 3000th most important topic i'm interested in. Not part of my reality or worth my time to contemplate.
We're 20 Trillion Dollars in debt......& my (family's) health insurance premium went from $800 to $1500 per month.
But, but, but, that person is different than me, so I disapprove and need to strongly voice my disapproval. And, if someone could introduce some ridiculous law so I can vote my disapproval...
I know....too hard for you to finish reading, let alone understand. Sure we understand (right!). Kinda like trump doesn't want daily briefings because they require him to read, listen and think, which are all things he can't do.
The official definition of a mental disorder is something that affects one's mental functioning. According to the DSM-5 (website citation)
For transgender individuals, living an authentic life and expressing their gender identities in ways they see fit will alleviate any "significant disturbances" in their lives. They will only experience "disturbances" as the result of not fitting into society and others marginalizing them for who they are. If others treat transgender people with kindness, respect, and authenticity, they will not suffer the associated issues. For actual mental disorders - and there is nothing wrong with having a mental disorder by the way - such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder, this is not the case.
I know some of you strongly believe in a gender binary determined by chromosomes and physical characteristics that in turn determine expected behavior of individuals. Maybe you believe that anybody who deviates from this should have interventions to bring non-conformists back to what's "normal" for society. Maybe you don't like the idea of transgenderism, or numerous other statuses and viewpoints. But even if you don't like it, transgenderism, homosexuality, liberalism, conservatism, or supporting Trump are not mental disorders.
But, but, but, that person is different than me, so I disapprove and need to strongly voice my disapproval. And, if someone could introduce some ridiculous law so I can vote my disapproval...
and...make sure the law can fit into a short soundbyte slogan so that my mind wont be strained as i vote to make other people's lives miserable.....
Gender dysphoria and being transgender are not the same thing.
Plenty of transgender people are quite comfortable with their gender once they transition.
Those are transsexuals, not transgenders. And not all of them are comfortable after their transition.
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"Results
The overall mortality for sex-reassigned persons was higher during follow-up (aHR 2.8; 95% CI 1.8–4.3) than for controls of the same birth sex, particularly death from suicide (aHR 19.1; 95% CI 5.8–62.9). Sex-reassigned persons also had an increased risk for suicide attempts (aHR 4.9; 95% CI 2.9–8.5) and psychiatric inpatient care (aHR 2.8; 95% CI 2.0–3.9). Comparisons with controls matched on reassigned sex yielded similar results. Female-to-males, but not male-to-females, had a higher risk for criminal convictions than their respective birth sex controls.
Conclusions
Persons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population. Our findings suggest that sex reassignment, although alleviating gender dysphoria, may not suffice as treatment for transsexualism, and should inspire improved psychiatric and somatic care after sex reassignment for this patient group."
It's a mental disorder, you are what you were born as and you can't change that, you can pretend but that's all you can do.
This is the problem. No matter what they do they are just pretending. Removing my breasts and attaching a penis would not make me a man. It would make me a woman pretending to be a man. Nothing can make them what they want to be. I feel bad for them.
It's all just a mental disorder, instead of encouraging this bizarre behavior we should be helping these people. People with a 50% suicide rate are not happy.
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