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[–]kwallio 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm going to have to push back on the mental health aspect of this a bit. Is gender dysphoria a mental health problem or not? If not then whey all the medicalisation, surgeries etc? Why are people being told that trans people will literally commit suicide if they don't get what they want?

If it is a mental health disorder than why is only medical transition and not counseling or some other sort of therapy or mental health treatment part of the treatment plan? No other mental health disorder is treated like this.

The trans narrative on mental health vis a vis gender dysphoria is completely inconsistent. You seriously can't have it both ways, both a mental health conditions and completely normal, must be treated with transition only and no other mental health type treatment. Its ridiculous on the face of it.

People threatening suicide in any other context is typically considered manipulative behavior and should never be indulged. Except when someone is trans, for some reason.

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No other mental health disorder is treated like this.

Right. I'm going to bring up bipolar, since u/Genderbender identified herself as a patient and it runs in my own family, so I know it very well (ditto at least one other user here per another thread).

You cannot (for instance) build and promulgate advocacy for bipolar disorder patients that both affirms and denies its existence as a mental health disorder. You must choose.

Similarly, you cannot build and promulgate advocacy for trans people where GD is repeatedly cited and officially acknowledged as a feature of the trans experience and simultaneously deny mental illness (aka GD) as being a feature of the trans experience. You must choose.