Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S...
by nailer on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:47PM
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> I've had no success changing the minds of people who think that being trans is a mental illness despite citing numerous peer reviewed articles.
It was considered so until 2013, when Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders dropped it as a mental illness:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-transgender... Not that I think this has any relevance: many things once considered mental disorders are now considered personal traits. The point is that it's not an outlandish thing to believe, just an outdated one.
It was considered so until 2013, when Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders dropped it as a mental illness: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-transgender... Not that I think this has any relevance: many things once considered mental disorders are now considered personal traits. The point is that it's not an outlandish thing to believe, just an outdated one.