The first version of the DSM listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. The second version listed "sexual orientation disturbance" and encouraged conversion the

The first version of the DSM listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. The second version listed "sexual orientation disturbance" and encouraged conversion therapy. The third version initially included "ego-dystonic homosexuality". That said, the fifth version of the DSM does include gender dysphoria and list diagnostic criteria, but those criteria are the best proof available of the nascent state of research related to this topic. They are simply things transgender people desire or believe: A strong desire to be of a gender other than one's assigned gender A strong desire to be treated as a gender other than one's assigned gender A significant incongruence between one's experienced or expressed gender and one's sexual characteristics A strong desire for the sexual characteristics of a gender other than one's assigned gender A strong desire to be rid of one's sexual characteristics due to incongruence with one's experienced or expressed gender A strong conviction that one has the typical reactions and feelings of a gender other than one's assigned gender That last one deserves to be repeated: "the typical reactions and feelings of a gender". What's that supposed to mean? > Can you cite... I could cite several, if they weren't suppressed by political opposition. https://www.wbur.org/edify/2018/08/31/brown-university-transgender-study-removal https://www.wbur.org/edify/2018/08/31/brown-university-trans... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-17/uwa-cancels-talk-by-controversial-academic-transgender-views/10132400 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-17/uwa-cancels-talk-by-c... http://www.jpands.org/vol21no2/cretella.pdf http://www.jpands.org/vol21no2/cretella.pdf The fact that a few people are still willing to speak out in the face of such organized opposition is extraordinary. And no doubt I've missed many; that's just my limited knowledge of the field as an outsider with no particular interest in the topic except to ensure evidence-based scientific discussion isn't forbidden by political interest groups.