Amazon Bans Books Framing Transgenderism As ‘Mental Illness’

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[–]jet199 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This includes any book which talks about gender dysphoria.

If trans people don't have a mental health issue then they won't need any healthcare paid for to alleviate it, will they.

[–]Trajan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a good point. Amazon still stocks the DSM-5. The APA frames transgenderism under the category of mental health disorders, effectively the latest euphemism for mental illness. As you said, de-medicalising transgenderism isn't done without undermining the claim that the medical interventions (e.g. surgery, hormones) are justified responses to a health issue.

It can't be diagnosed through physical examination, with psychiatric examination being the sole means of attaining a diagnosis. Even though the DSM-5 clearly describes gender dysphoria as a mental illness, even if not using that phrase, Amazon can't remove it any more than the APA can do away with the diagnosis. It's not the same as the APA's earlier, and quite correct move, to stop diagnosing homosexuality as a mental illness.

[–]Nancok 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe if society was built to accommodate them, but they get more hate than help

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

First they ban the books, then they burn them.

[–]absoluteblasphemy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wonder if this will include David Icke, or is it just outcry about Abigail Shrier?

[–]Inspector_Monkfish 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Guys, where else is a good source of audio books? Kind of want to vote with my feet on this.