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Gender Dysphoria facts: The DSM-V

I have taken the liberty of republishing in full the pages of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (APA DSM-V) which are relevant to Gender Dysphoria. If the APA objects, I'll take it down, but I publish this in good faith, without alteration or comment, as a public information service. I will write another post commenting. I'll also put a link to this and to the DSM itself (which is downloadable in full as a .pdf) on my Links page. I strongly advise anyone interested in the field of transsexualism, transvestism, gender dysphoria and related topics to thoroughly study the document below. Note: The APA now has a programme of rolling revision to its online materials, so the specific wordings may change. This was the state as downloaded in February 2018. As a result, this is only a guide and in all cases of clinical interaction, the current version on the APA website (see link below) should be referred to. Gender Dysphor
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6 Replies to “Gender Dysphoria facts: The DSM-V”

  1. Interesting post! For what it’s worth, there’s also a separate category of gender dysphoria called male-to-eunuch gender dysphoria. I think that it’s gotten official recognition over the last several years, thankfully!

    Personally, I liked my body before puberty but not so much after puberty. (I also developed transvestic fetishistic inclinations at age nine or ten, right when puberty hit.) The body hair, facial hair, baldness, masculinization of my facial features–I wasn’t very fond of any of that! 🙁 Still aren’t! 🙁 The only good things about male puberty are the increased height and the erections and sex drive. At the same time, though, I don’t think that I would have been fully happy being born in a female body either. I wouldn’t have wanted breasts, and I would have disliked being too short, having overly wide hips, and having a face that was too feminine. Frankly, the term “man” makes me feel dysphoric (though I don’t mind and even enjoy male pronouns) but at the same time I don’t identify as female, so …

      1. What I find ESPECIALLY interesting is that some smoothies want to also remove their nipples! Seriously. That’s what I’ve heard!

        BTW, some eunuchs actually do want to keep their penises. A desire for penectomy isn’t actually universal among eunuchs to my knowledge.

  2. If I was a woman, I’d totally identify as a lesbian (though with a soft spot for some androgynous males, such as YouTuber Juliette Noir). At the same time, though, the kind of lesbian that I would have wanted to have been would have been a lesbian with both a flat chest and a penis–as well as with an androgynous face.

  3. By the way, you do occasionally see passable AGPs. Juliette Noir, for instance, and also F1NN5TER (“Rose” when in girl mode) on YouTube.

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