Maligning Terminology in the DSM: The Language of Oppression |
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Kelly Winters of GIDreform has a good post on “maligning language” and how it effaces the identities of trans people.
Maligning language contradicts the social legitimacy of transitioned individuals. It denies our humanity and contributes to an environment of intolerance, discrimination and even physical violence. Tragically, such disrespectful conduct is encouraged with the authority of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in the diagnosis of “Gender Identity Disorder” (GID) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
* Maligning Terminology in the DSM: The Language of Oppression
