I can understand the reasoning, but since almost everyone has some sense of gender identity, in practice that classification is seen as condescending or disrespectful by some. Some people who are diagnosed don't feel that they have a disorder. If it gets people SRS when they need it then obviously that works out very well for them, but it's a controversial definition all the same.
It's a kind of thorny issue, obviously. I'm not sure how I feel about the subject.
The issue here is that the DSM-IV entry can mostly be attributed to one Dr. Kenneth Zucker, who wouldn't know how to deal with treatment of trans people if it came up and punched him in the face. He's repeatedly attempted to make kids "not trans anymore", and is also the guy who chose to publish Dr. Robert Spitzer's study on gay reparative therapy in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour, without peer review.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Heh heh, I got an Easy-Bake Oven for my birthday one year. I literally used it once and then put it on a shelf and forgot about it.
That was back when they were styled to look like early-'90s microwave ovens instead of miniature gas stoves. It was also powered by a single incandescent light bulb--apparently newer models use an actual heating element due to the impending ban on incandescent light bulbs.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The big oversimplification I notice with that poster is it treats gender as a binary. It goes on and on about girls and boys but doesn't talk about the people who are both or neither.
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It's a kind of thorny issue, obviously. I'm not sure how I feel about the subject.
Appearently, Pokemon are Ponies.
...What? It has a cutie mark... :P
"Helpfully", he's also on board for DSM-V.
Sounds like it probably should!
What do we know about Ray Blanchard? It doesn't sound as though he's any better...
Magikarp is gender fluid.
Forest is female/gender-fluid and I don't think she's interested in guys bisexual. (edit)
You missed a bunch of people. Is this important?
If I try to make a comprehensive list I'll probably miss someone or get the details wrong. But you missed Matt, Wind Fish and Fossilmaiden, at least.
Sexuality and gender are confusing and I'm not going to commit myself to a particular description.
I am not bi
Or a horrible metaphor.
^ See, I knew I'd miss people if I made a list. Sorry, Irene.
Is it better to come out to your parents when you're not in a relationship, or to leave it until you are in one?
Well, whenever you feel comfortable I guess
/I know nothing of these matters
However, I can at least agree with that picture in spirit.
>Fouria if you are wanting to come out then it may be less sudden if you do it before being in a relationship
This is what I was thinking but I don't know.
Thanks for the answers.