Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:02PM
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For casual readers: Blanchard's theories are widely discredited and "Autogynephile" is considered an impolite term among trans people.
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Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by popcalc on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:04PM
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Blanchard's work reigns as the clinically accepted typology for patients seeking transition. It is a clinical term, not a slur as you wish to portray it in bad faith.
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by dgares on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:16PM
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> Blanchard's work reigns as the clinically accepted typology for patients seeking transition.
False. The clinically accepted typology is 'Gender Dysphoria', as under the DSM-5. The only place AGP is referenced in the DSM is as a subtype of 'Transvestic Disorder' (Transvestic Disorder With Autogynephilia), which is marked explicitly as crossdressing and imagining oneself as a woman solely for sexual purposes. The two diagnoses (Gender Dysphoria and Transvestic Disorder) are distinct from one another and not related.
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by popcalc on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:19PM
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Not referencing the DSM. Psychologists will consult the DSM. Once referred to a sex change clinic there is more nuance involved. That's where Blanchard noticed the marked differences in the patients.
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by hackermatic on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:08PM
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That has not been the case in the three cities and health systems (edit: in the US) in which I've had transgender care over the past decade.
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by popcalc on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:13PM
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You have brought up a personal anecdote but not listed a single point countering Blanchard's typology?
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:12PM
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I've never heard a doctor say those words, I think you're a troll
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by popcalc on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:13PM
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This is a zero effort comment and personal attack rather than a real criticism.
Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online
by DonHopkins on Thursday January 23, 2025 @06:31PM
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Your very trolling is a personal attack by definition, and your criticism is unreal and unhinged.