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August 8, 2012
knowhomo:

LGBTQ* News You May Have Missed
Changing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM) Trans*/Gender Terms 
Following text from Advocate Magazine Online
The newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, will replace the diagnostic term “Gender Identity Disorder” with the term “Gender Dysphoria,” according to the Associated Press.

-Thanks Cael, PoetCael73 & blogger of Exploring Gender, for bringing this to my(our) attention!

How about medical coverage, tho?

knowhomo:

LGBTQ* News You May Have Missed

Changing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM) Trans*/Gender Terms

Following text from Advocate Magazine Online

The newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, will replace the diagnostic term “Gender Identity Disorder” with the term “Gender Dysphoria,” according to the Associated Press.


-Thanks Cael, PoetCael73 & blogger of Exploring Gender, for bringing this to my(our) attention!

How about medical coverage, tho?  
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