Everything you said above should reference "gender identity disorder," not "gender dysphoria."
The latter has no diagnostic criteria and accepts even the most frivolous self-reports as sufficient to commence hormonal treatment that very day, even when the patient is severely mentally ill, as many are.
Everything you said above should reference "gender identity disorder," not "gender dysphoria."
The latter has no diagnostic criteria and accepts even the most frivolous self-reports as sufficient to commence hormonal treatment that very day, even when the patient is severely mentally ill, as many are.
Most people I talk to, even medically educated people, believe that treatment doesn't begin until after a rigorous diagnosis and a year living as the opposite sex. Neither has been required since 2013.
Everything you said above should reference "gender identity disorder," not "gender dysphoria."
The latter has no diagnostic criteria and accepts even the most frivolous self-reports as sufficient to commence hormonal treatment that very day, even when the patient is severely mentally ill, as many are.
Most people I talk to, even medically educated people, believe that treatment doesn't begin until after a rigorous diagnosis and a year living as the opposite sex. Neither has been required since 2013.