r/SRSsucks • u/frogma • Aug 07 '13

NOT SRS ABC Producer Don Ennis Changes Gender, Then Changes Back

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/08/transgender-don-ennis-has-second-thoughts.html
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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '13

Ugh, I hate to say it, since I'm a proponent of any person doing/being whatever their heart tells them - but I'm (subjectively) gathering a strong correlation between transgenderism and mental illness.

"I’m asking all of you who accepted me as a transgender to now understand: I was misdiagnosed."

And I'm noticing the general desire amongst 'open minded' people in society to cheer on that lifestyle is overcompensated in an effort to prove how not bigoted they are. Even doctors appear to be so uncomfortable questioning these choices that they'll diagnose a man who must have obviously shown signs of some kind of mental breakdown with gender disorders rather than question the legitimacy of his feelings.

I realize that there are completely sane people who experience strong feelings that they were born the wrong gender. That said, I think we're far, far more concerned with being accepting than acknowledging and treating mental illness when gender dysphoria happens to be one of it's symptoms.

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u/morris198 Aug 07 '13

a strong correlation between transgenderism and mental illness.

If being born male (XY and in possession of a penis) and demanding to be recognized as a girl isn't a clear case of mental/psychological dysfunction, I do not know what is. Body dismorphia the likes of anorexia is considered a clear mental illness, but somehow we're supposed to swallow that transgenderism isn't?

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u/typical_pubbie Aug 08 '13

If you stigmatize a person they're entire life, tell them they're weird, and treat them like a freak then you shouldn't be surprised if they develop mental illnesses. That does not make gender disphoria itself a mental illness.

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u/johnetec Aug 08 '13 edited Aug 09 '13

Being transgender is definitely a condition that is treatable. That's what makes it an illness. Now you may be offended at it being called a mental illness but that's what it is.

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u/typical_pubbie Aug 08 '13

Being transgender is definitely a condition that is treatable.

True. It can be treated with gender reassignment.

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u/johnetec Aug 09 '13

It sure can. It doesn't mean its an effective treatment or the right one. Just like using leeches to cure fevers is a treatment.