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S2 Ep4: Diversity of Trans* Part 4 : Detransition and Gender Ideology

Theology in the Raw

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The Problem With the Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria

There is an inherent problem in the diagnosis of gender dysphoria as it is listed in the DSM. The symptoms that are supposed to make up gender dysphoria are so broad and so commonly experienced, you can have someone like me who had discomfort with my body later retroactively interpreted as discomfort with my sex. And a lot of people don't like the diagnosis because it's conflating something that actually might be a psychological or even a neurological disorder with perfectly normal experiences That were just part of growing up and getting used to your body and your social situation.

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