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Back in the day, when I had employees, I recall that alcoholism was
He's that unpleasant self-important dingbat who hates gays, isn't he? And women's right to choice, I think.
So you'd be happy for Christians to champion what used to be one of their favorites, Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live?
Why not? I got that treatment (hormones and breast removal) and I'm feeling great and am very glad this was possible.
Oh bull **** you aren't!
It is treated.
It hasn't been declassified as a mental illness.
FMLA, ADA, I don't know what you're getting at other than looking bad at trying to be a jerk. And take a look. There are TONS of accommodations for people of various illnesses and ability all over the place. Things like bipolar disorder, yes, it's "accommodated and catered" to when someone needs medical leave.
The best possible treatment and support we have found is medically assisted transitioning. Other methods have failed. Go back a few decades and transitioning was rare, and things never got better for those with gender dysphoria.
Misleading weighted terms are misleading and weighted. It's no more "catered to" than any other mental illness. Giving people with mental health issues the support and assistance that has shown the best long term outcomes for them isn't bad or wrong.
At times I wish people would quit pretending they have knowledge of a field where obviously they have none. And it's like people keep forgetting there is at least one person who takes an interest in such threads who can spot this ignorance from a mile away due to have schooling and experience in the field. For example, Sky mentioning the best treatment possible, which is something everyone wants. However, it's assumed that's just what's done and has been done and it's rarely asked what was tried before that, if anything. Which is at least better than claiming a declassification of something that is still in the current DSM, and stating gender dysphoria somehow gets special treatment. It's not even considered a disabling condition, and it's not likely to be so considering transgender people generally improve in ADL and social functioning after transitioning.
Dysphoria should be treated like any other mental disorder. If we were discussing bipolar people or schizophrenics no one would be suggesting it was acceptable to use them for political wedging or to hound them out of public spaces or with offensive terms. I have mental health issues stemming from my military service. Can you imagine if the sort of tactics used to minimise and wedge transgender people were used against military veterans? The Usual Suspects would rage-froth in the streets! IMHO, transgender people are treated differently because they are somehow perceived as a threat to the sexual identity of others, as though calling a transperson by his or her preferred terminology somehow makes the condition contagious and you might "catch" it. The level of consciousness involved here is debatable, of course.
I'm seeing pretty much the same thing. Too the point I've also noticed that younger LGBT people are often unaware as to why some older ones refer to their significant other as their partner or some other non-descript term and never really say out loud they are gay.
It would be unacceptable when it comes to most other mental illnesses. The "mom" who wrote another parent complaining about her autistic child, it was unacceptable and people would probably have went out for blood if they knew where to look. With transgender people, they way large chunks of society acts you'd think transgender people were lepers.
It's nothing to do with identity politics. It's a medical issue.
Unless you are a medical professional specialising in the field, your opinion isn't really relevant. Longitudinal medical studies show us what the best possible treatments are. If you want to go against medical advice for yourself, that's your right. Your opinion about the treatment of other people is of no more relevance to them than my opinion on your medical treatment for any given condition.
Just like anti-vaccers and the anti-psychotropic med crowds. People really need to cut it out. They aren't doctors, and they are giving potentially destructive and deadly suggestions. At least the JWs don't hold others to their "no blood" policy.
