Is “Gender Dysphoria” scientifically nonsense?
No, it’s not “scientifically nonsense.” Gender dysphoria is defined as continued unhappiness with the physical characteristics of the gender one is born with, and the identification with the opposite gender. So even if you are predisposed to think of this as a “disease” or “disorder” … it is a description of the *symptom*, not a diagnosis. To call a *symptom* “scientifically nonsense” would be doubly cruel … because it it is saying that there is nothing that needs to be addressed at all. The child, adolescent, or adult is just “confused” or “depressed” and needs to simply “deal with it” … perhaps with a bit of therapy and depression medication … and accept the gender he or she is born with. So I hope that’s not what you’re asking. That would be incredibly cruel. Instead, I’m assuming this is what you’re asking. The term “gender identity disorder” is the term currently used by the psychological community for the *diagnosis*. The problem is that this treats the issue as a “mental
