"Diagnosis" itself, apart from pesky need to bill insurance, is passé, transphobic even. You're behind the times. http://www.icath.org
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @nosoyyo7 and
I am aware of the informed consent standard. You seem to think doctors will *recommend* interventions that are not actively sought.
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I'm done for tonight, but you missed the point. You mentioned "diagnostic criteria." There are none. It's ALL on demand now.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @nosoyyo7 and
Desperately desiring the intervention does mean something. It is not neutral.
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Uh huh. Even when "nonbinary" & not dysphoric. Did you look at the slide? USPATH 2017. But hey, it's all just part of the "gender journey."
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @nosoyyo7 and
"Even though you are ambivalent about taking hormones & having surgery, I think you should." said no clinician ever.
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Replying to @MAMelby @4th_WaveNow and
Brain isn't even fully developed until age 22. Full connection of prefrontal lobe, whose function is *JUDGMENT* is what's missing in a teen.
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Teens generally "desperately desire" everything they desire.
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Funny how "gender therapists" seem unfamiliar with that simple fact about developmental psychology.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @nosoyyo7 and
...and we parents are "transphobes" & "bigots" for pointing out that inconvenient truth. Oh, and a "hate group."
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In other words, the "diagnostic criterion is": I want it and I want it NOW!!!!
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