Transgendered children

[Longhorn]

What is the logicial distinction between body modification for sex change versus that for BIID?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_integr...y_disorder

What are we saying here exactly? That transgenderism is disease and sex-change procedures are the cure? If so, is it a psychological disorder or a physiological one? Or is it not a disease but something that falls within the normal spectrum of gender identity? I get the sense that people want to have it both ways and that leaves people like me with a lack of clarity about the issue.

The logical distinction is that they are two completely different things

Honestly, a 2 second Wikipedia search would've told you what you want to know

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity_disorder

Evidence suggests that people who identify with a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth may do so not just due to psychological or behavioral causes, but also biological ones related to their genetics, the makeup of their brains, or prenatal exposure to hormones.

Gender identity disorder is classified as a medical disorder by the ICD-10 CM[7] and DSM-5 (called gender dysphoria).[8] Many transgender people and researchers support declassification of GID because they say the diagnosis pathologizes gender variance, reinforces the binary model of gender,[9] and can result in stigmatization of transgender individuals.[8] The official classification of gender dysphoria as a disorder in the DSM-5 may help resolve some of these issues, because the term gender dysphoria applies only to the discontent experienced by some persons resulting from gender identity issues

The current medical approach to treatment for persons diagnosed with gender identity disorder is to support the individual in physically modifying the body to better match the psychological gender identity.[10] This approach is based on the concept that their experience is based in a medical problem correctable by various forms of medical intervention.