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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by weberc2 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:18AM (#14954626)
That's not persecution and it's certainly not "opposition to their right to exist", which was the original bullshit claim. Anyway, the APA (a very left leaning organization) diagnosis for transsexuality is Gender Identity Disorder (GID).
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ltrcola on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:37AM (#14954745)
It most certainly is.

Your information is out of date. Being transgender itself is no longer considered a mental disorder. Gender dysphoria, discomfort and dysfunction caused by society and by being in the wrong body is the diagnosable condition. Once transgender people have been treated, there isn't any more dysphoria and there is no disorder.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by weberc2 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:38AM (#14957143)
Right, they rebranded last year or whenever. I'm sure for completely apolitical reasons. If you're familiar at all with the APA, you know what a joke that is.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ltrcola on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:45AM (#14959006)
I don't really care about their politics, this particular case seems accurate. It's pretty clear that gender incongruence is a medical issue, but trans people are perfectly capable of leading happy and productive lives as long as they receive the proper treatment and aren't subject to abuse for being who they are. I've literally seen that with my own two eyes.
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