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Ken Zucker muses about the parallels between ethnic identity "disorder" and GID.

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[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removing for rule 2. This would be better suited for s/GenderCritical (or s/GenderCriticalGuys), or s/ThereAreTwoGenders

[–]censorshipment 4 insightful - 8 fun4 insightful - 7 fun5 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

Eh, white supremacists gatekeep the hell out of whiteness though. Michael Jackson died pale as a ghost yet was seen as black. Lol he was transracial yet couldn't pay to change his race to white. So unfair.

Sarah Recter was considered white because she was rich though... so I guess white supremacists do make exceptions. White men wanted to marry a 12 year old black girl. SMH

https://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/she-was-the-richest-black-girl-in-the-world-and-its-a-shame-we-barely-know-her-name/

The Chicago Defender reported, “the white people have become so alarmed at the enormous wealth of this young girl that they do not like such wealth belonging to a girl of Afro American blood.”

The fucking audacity. Trying to claim her black wealth. Vultures.

[–]motss-pb 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Zucker found himself on the "wrong side" of the trans debate and now the TRAs view him as an enemy. Karma. Zucker is partially responsible for this mess. Here's a little history lesson:

1973: Homosexuality was removed as a mental disorder from DSM-II

"In 1973, the American Psychological [sic] Association voted to eliminate homosexuality from the [DSM]. Not coincidentally, the catch-all diagno- sis of “Gender Dysphoria Syndrome” (GDS)1 was introduced that year; GDS encompassed cross-dressers, transsexuals, homosexuals, and oth- ers, and it was not by chance that these disparate identities were seen as one and the same. The construction of GDS allowed clinicians to con- tinue to pathologize gay people. ... Since homosexuality is no longer considered pathological, GID is now used as a diagnosis for gay and les- bian adolescents who are viewed as in need of treatment, which includes hospitalization and medication." (McCarthy 2003)

1974,1976 - Richard Green's research links feminine behavior in boys with homosexuality in adulthood.

1980 - Green and Stoller introduce the diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder in Children (GIDC) to DSM-III

1987 - DSM-III-R published. Zucker was one of people who worked on it. Also Green published his book "The Sissy boy Syndrome and the Development of Homosexuality"

1987-2000s - Green's book causes many to criticize GIDC as a "backdoor maneuver" to re-pathologize homosexuality in the DSM

If GID in children was not strongly associated with homosexuality in adult- hood’, it is unlikely that cross-gender behaviours in children ‘would have been designated psychiatric disorders or become the focus of an entire clinical field devoted to … “correcting” cross-gender behaviors’ (Minter, 1999 : 27)

2005 - Zucker responds to this criticism

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7895222_Was_the_Gender_Identity_Disorder_of_Childhood_Diagnosis_Introduced_into_DSM-III_as_a_Backdoor_Maneuver_to_Replace_Homosexuality_A_Historical_Note

2020 - Keira Bell sues Tavistock. Childhood cross-gender behavior is highly correlated with homosexuality in adulthood. TransTheGayAway

[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is amazing, thank you for sharing!! I appreciate the extra context. Trans the gay away, indeed.