GWSS 257 Chapter Notes - Chapter Queer Diagnoses Parallels and Contrasts: American Psychiatric Association, Gender Variance, Transphobia

• School: UW
• Department: Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: GWSS 257
• Professor: Ann E.Culligan

Document Summary

Queer diagnoses: parallels and contrasts in the history of. Homosexuality, gender variance, and the diagnostic and statistical. Individuals erotic response tendency or sexual attractions. One"s sense of oneself as being either male or female. Activists argue that it is wrong to label expressions of gender variance as symptoms of a mental disorder and that perpetuating dsm-iv-tr"s gid diagnoses in the dsm-v would further stigmatize and cause harm to transgender individuals. Others express concerns that deleted god would lead to ening medical and surgical care for transgender adults. This review explores how criticisms of the existing gid diagnosis parallel and contrast with earlier historical events that led apa to remove homoesexuality from the dsm. The issues lgbt activists raised related to god and the dsm are summarized below. It is wrong for mental health professionals to label expressions of gender variance as symptoms of mental disorder and keeping the god diagnoses in the dsm-v would further cause harm to transgender individuals.