Why is it wrong to say that gender dysphoria is a mental disorder?

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[–]neolib 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, "mental disorder" is a proper way to call it (in my opinion), "mental illness" on the other hand has bad connotations, "ill" root, kind of equating it to infectious diseases and so on.

[–]Rah 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not all illness are infectious, but all when untreated can lead to death.

[–]someboy 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

i am trans and not offended.

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