Well it actually was a classified as a mental illness forever until 2013 when DSM-V was issued and “gender identity disorder” was removed and replaced with “gender dysphoria”. That changed the focus from treating trans folks like the illness was being trans, and shifted it to treating the distress caused by the mismatch between the gender they are in their head and the gender they see when they look at their body. Not all trans folks fit the criteria of having gender dysphoria.
Plus… there’s the bureaucratic issue of placing the diagnosis on the trans person… “they” can’t just come get your guns b/c you “have a mental illness”. And generally, the whole thing about people with mental illness not having access to firearms is typically to prevent self harm… not to prevent dangerous behavior towards others. That’s a protection I feel is worthwhile on the whole.
You seem to underestimate the lengths the republicans will go to push their “culture war”. It is not an ambiguous “they”, it is the republican party paired with their various fringe alt right groups.
Watch them label Transgerism as a mental illness and use it to revoke firearms…
Get yo guns while you can, and make use of those stand your ground laws.
Well it actually was a classified as a mental illness forever until 2013 when DSM-V was issued and “gender identity disorder” was removed and replaced with “gender dysphoria”. That changed the focus from treating trans folks like the illness was being trans, and shifted it to treating the distress caused by the mismatch between the gender they are in their head and the gender they see when they look at their body. Not all trans folks fit the criteria of having gender dysphoria.
Plus… there’s the bureaucratic issue of placing the diagnosis on the trans person… “they” can’t just come get your guns b/c you “have a mental illness”. And generally, the whole thing about people with mental illness not having access to firearms is typically to prevent self harm… not to prevent dangerous behavior towards others. That’s a protection I feel is worthwhile on the whole.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-transgender-is-no-longer-a-diagnosis/
You seem to underestimate the lengths the republicans will go to push their “culture war”. It is not an ambiguous “they”, it is the republican party paired with their various fringe alt right groups.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-deploys-new-texas-tactical-border-force
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-adults/
Edit: Adding the tracking of the bill’s progress to show it is still a threat. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB1029/2023