Interesting post by hilzoy on transgenderism and our reactions to it. The kicker is that the APA is getting ready to revise DSM IV and has put Kenneth Zucker in has head of the committee dealing with trangenderism (officially, the "Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Work Group"). He's not sympathetic to transpeople. (I happen to think his approach is flat wrong, but given that psychotherapy is largely shaped by social norms, it's a matter of emphasis as much as anything else.) I had read Autumn Sandeen's post at Pam's House Blend, which I frankly found largely incoherent until I read hilzoy's. Than her concerns started to make sense.
This is one of the areas where the concerns of gays and transgenders intersect, and I recommend hilzoy's post
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