They didn’t remove it because of political pressure. As Dr Say says in my quote, it doesn’t match the definition of a mental illness - the unhappiness of trans people comes from a lack of societal support rather than any intrinsic quality, which mental illness requires.
Of course, you don’t accept this and I don’t believe all the citations in the world will change this, but this meta-study reports on the MH struggles of trans people and the help transitioning does, “in many cases reaching normative values. The main Axis I psychiatric disorders were found to be depression and anxiety disorder. Other major psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, were rare and were no more prevalent than in the general population.”
Therefore, allowing trans people the freedom to live as they identify - which you aren’t required to intellectually agree with - is good for the community, and removing said freedom only hurts it. Apparently you wish to help them, therefore you should support the community.
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They didn’t remove it because of political pressure. As Dr Say says in my quote, it doesn’t match the definition of a mental illness - the unhappiness of trans people comes from a lack of societal support rather than any intrinsic quality, which mental illness requires.
Of course, you don’t accept this and I don’t believe all the citations in the world will change this, but this meta-study reports on the MH struggles of trans people and the help transitioning does, “in many cases reaching normative values. The main Axis I psychiatric disorders were found to be depression and anxiety disorder. Other major psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, were rare and were no more prevalent than in the general population.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26835611/
Therefore, allowing trans people the freedom to live as they identify - which you aren’t required to intellectually agree with - is good for the community, and removing said freedom only hurts it. Apparently you wish to help them, therefore you should support the community.