RE: Why are transgender people more likely to commit suicide?
July 25, 2020 at 9:15 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2020 at 10:04 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
The diagnostic criteria does not include dysphoria. This is what I meant when I said that the word "gender" in Gender Dysphoria is not an adjective modifying the type of "dysphoria" a person has.
"Gender Dysphoria" is a compound noun; it is the name of the diagnostic label. You shouldn't be losing diagnostic information by changing the name of the condition from "Gender Dysphoria" to "XYZ Disorder" yet that's what would happen given your comments. So no, to talk about dysphoria as a clinical criteria is incorrect; distress is the appropriate word.
Trans people don't get "dysphoria" they get Gender Dysphoria or "XYZD" given my illustration.
"Gender Dysphoria" is a compound noun; it is the name of the diagnostic label. You shouldn't be losing diagnostic information by changing the name of the condition from "Gender Dysphoria" to "XYZ Disorder" yet that's what would happen given your comments. So no, to talk about dysphoria as a clinical criteria is incorrect; distress is the appropriate word.
Trans people don't get "dysphoria" they get Gender Dysphoria or "XYZD" given my illustration.
