Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as mental illness

Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by xupybd on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:59AM (#26433591)

Yep my father used to be a youth social worker. To say any mental health issue is solved is a gross error. They can help people but each sickness and person takes a lot to figure out and years of counseling.

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Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by DanBC on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:59AM (#26437881)

Being trans is not a mental health issue.

Gender dysphoria is a mental health issue, but gender dysphoria is being taken out of ICD 11 and the new classification - gender incongruence - will not be under mental disorders but under sexual health.

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Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by xupybd on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:09PM (#26440965)

I don't really think any of the fighting over classification helps. People need someone to help talk it through and find coping strategies. The people we employ to talk through such things work in a field we call mental health.

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Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by DanBC on Saturday March 13, 2021 @09:09AM (#26446665)

In the UK context it very much matters because people are seeking to deny access to healthcare by calling it mental illness.

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