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Is Transgenderism a Mental Disorder or a Right?  - In an article in CNS News entitled Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ' Mental Disorder ;' Sex Change 'Biologically Impossible' Chapman wrote ...

Transgenderism No Longer Considered a 'Mental Disorder': APA Think Progress has a good report on the decision by the American Psychiatric Association to no longer classify transgenderism as a mental disorder . The decision was expected. Transgender people will now be considered by the APA to have gender ...

Transgenderism a ' mental disorder '  - A Tennessee lawmaker who wants to require schools to force students to use the bathroom consistent with their gender on their birth certificates ...

Transgenderism Is A Mental Illness , Not A Civil Rights Issue  - This isn't an idle question because this does happen with a mental illness called Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). People who have it feel as if ...

Transgenderism' is just another mental disorder - With that said, I believe that any child who "comes out" as transgender should be compassionately treated for their mental illness by a mental health  ...

Are Schools Hiding Mental Disorders From Parents? - The American College of Pediatricians points out that transgenderism is another name for "gender dysphoria," which is a recognized mental disorder .