Gender Dysphori Annotated Bibliography

Gender Dysphoria is a name given to the condition of children who express a gender that is opposite of their biologically given gender. Children and teens who present and verbalize the desire to be of the opposite gender for at least six months are then diagnosed and treated medically. This issue is ethically controversial due to many parents, medical doctors, mental professionals, and myself believing that biological gender identification is not fully understood until puberty has taken place, noticing that children are exposed to transgender terminology and situations on the internet that are persuasive and confusing, and being concerned about the medications used to treat a disorder that can barely be explained and is misunderstood. Medications such as hormone blockers and opposite-sex hormones have become readily available to them without any long term testing. Not only should parents, doctors, professionals, and society be concerned about the safety of these medications, we should be asking ourselves, is gender dysphoria even a medical condition that should be treated with drugs or is it a psychological disorder that should be treated with therapy? Gender Dysphoria is a condition in children and teens that the general population does not understand, however, after doing research I believe the definition of gender dysphoria is

Many people today aren’t being educated about the topic of sex and gender, and they’ll end up living naïve and ignorant lives, but for some it can even be harmful. For some, their sex and gender don’t match up and they will experience gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria can cause a lot of psychological problems for a person, especially if it isn’t treated. Unfortunately, because of the lack of sex and gender education, some people who experience gender dysphoria don’t even know its existence, which can lead to anxiety, depression, and maybe even

Many issues, such as discontinuing the Gender Dysphoria diagnosis have many pros and cons. As of now, the best course of action to take is to encourage a society that accepts gender variance, provide non-directive psychotherapy that focuses on gender exploration, education and any social distress caused by gender dysphoria, and to begin finding and developing empirically supported treatments for gender dysphoria. Hopefully, with time, society will be more accepting of gender-variance and the Gender Dysphoria diagnosis, as well as psychotherapy, will be less of a

I must start out by saying that this story has brought tears to my eyes and is so incredibly disheartening. I am angry at the parents for making such, in my opinion, a terrible decision in turning their baby boy, into a girl. It breaks my heart for him in that he was never given a choice or a chance at living a normal, happy life. I am not an expert on how to fix a penis if it is burned off, but I have to believe there was a better way.

A Swedish study performed over 30 years (1973-2003) attempts to evaluate the mental health stability of transgendered patient having undergone some form of sex reassignment surgery or hormonal treatment. The study was attempted to help better clarify the outcomes of sex reassignments impact on gender dysphoria as previous studies seemed to have inconsistent results. The study took a mix of 324 reassigned male-to-females and female-to-males and followed them long term after their sex reassignments. The results of the study showed that the sex reassigned individuals did not experience a better quality of life or mental stability after their reassignment and were actually worse off than their birth sex counter parts because of increased number of suicides, psychiatric morbidity rates, and higher health issues overall possibly due to lack of overall treatment.

Regardless if someone agrees or disagrees with what someone does with their life, most people understand that life is precious no matter what. One controversial issue that appears in many people’s life is gender dysphoria, which is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as, “involve[ing] a conflict between a person's physical or assigned gender and the gender with which he/she/they identify” (“What Is Gender Dysphoria?”). In some individual’s opinion, the solution for gender dysphoria, which is when individuals transition to the gender they identify as, should not exist. People going or wanting to go through this transition identify as transgender, shortened as trans. Regardless if people agree or disagree with the transition, the

Justification for Diagnosis: Gender dysphoria is when an individual feels a gender incongruence between their expressed gender compared to their assigned gender for at least six months. This is accompanied by the manifestation of two other symptoms of gender dysphoria. Jay is a 20-year-old female whom has reported feeling distressed over her parents seeing her masculine appearance she has adopted. Jay has assumed this change in her appearance in the past year of coming to Canada, however, she admits to identifying more as “tom boy” since she was young. Based on this given information, Jay fits the definition of gender dysphoria as for most of her life (greater than six month) she has felt more comfortable being a boy than her assigned gender

This article discusses that gender identity (GID) can appear appear even in early infancy with variable degree of severity with prevalence in childhood and adolescence is below 1%. GID can show itself in different degrees of harshness from childhood and on. The research that this elected from is a Medline literature search, existing national and international guidelines, and the results of a discussion among experts from multiple relevant disciplines. There have not been many large studies to date on GID and no studies focusing on causal factors for GID, the evidence level for the origin model of GID have been submitted as generally small. Approximately 2.5 to 20% of all cases of GID in childhood and adolescence are the initial manifestation

Asia, or the Middle East, is very well known for their human rights violations. Especially involving those who struggle with Gender Identification, Gender Expression, and Sexual Orientation. They often become stripped from not only one human right, but multiple, including violations as intense as torture.

Gender identity disorder manifests itself differently in early pediatrics than in adolescents or adults, in that, in young children, the condition is exhibited from childhood while that in adolescents or adults is observed to

Gender identity disorder (GID) or transsexualism is defined by strong, persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with one’s own assigned sex. (“Psychology Today”) Due to a recent change to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, “Gender Identity Disorder” will be replaced with “Gender Dysphoria”. For the purpose of this paper those two terms will be interchangeable. This paper will explore the symptoms that lead to a gender identity disorder diagnosis as well as the treatment process and obstacles a person with this disorder may face. It is a difficult process and is not something somebody would endure unless they truly

I want to start off by saying that Gender Dysphoria was formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder. The classifications of being considered to have gender dysphoria today would be that an individual would have to display a heavy and constant desire to cross- gender. Typically, with younger children this feeling is shown by

Gender identity disorder in children is usually reported as "having always been there" since childhood, and is considered clinically distinct from GID which appears in adolescence or adulthood, which has been reported by some as intensifying over time.[1] Since many cultures strongly disapprove of cross-gender behavior, it often results in significant problems for affected

Children are more likely to have Gender Dysphoria than adults but tend to grow out of it due to normal development. For the purpose of this research paper, Gender Dysphoria, also known as Gender identity, will be explained in different ways on how it affects childhood, adolescence, and adults. It will also explain biological factors and the normal development of when a child grows up in the social aspect from ages 2-4. Gender Dysphoria can make someone feel very unhappy about themselves that can lead to mental illnesses which then can lead to several unwanted feelings. During childhood, there are behaviors that kid’s do that can lead

People with gender dysphoria often believe they are victims of a biologic accident and are cruelly imprisoned in a body incompatible with their subjective gender identity. Many symptoms of gender dysphoria can be noticed at a young age, for example you may notice that a young boy enjoys doing more feminine activities like playing with dolls or dressing in girl clothing rather than playing sports outside with the other boys or playing rough at all. Boys with Gender dysphoria often show preoccupation with traditional feminine activities (Cohen-Kettenis & Klink, 2015). With Girls they tend to be more masculine, showing little to no