Depathologizing Trans
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Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference · Patricia Gherovici · p.31
**DEPATHOLOGIZING TRANS**
Theoretical move: The passage argues that transgender identity is not a mental disorder and should be depathologized; the elevated rates of psychological distress, suicide, and mental illness among trans people are causally attributed to social stigmatization and marginalization rather than to gender incongruence itself, making the reclassification of trans identity a matter of clinical and political urgency.
being transgender is not a mental disorder or a psychiatric condition. According to a recent study, the main cause of distress and impairment among transgender people is precisely the classification of transgender identity as a mental disorder.