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Dissidents Against the Gender Dysphoria Orthodoxy
Psychologists are usually a friendly bunch, even when they disagree. If you say you have a headache at a meeting, many will reach out and offer you a Panadol or a herbal remedy. They are part of a “helping” profession, after all. In recent years, however, things have taken a darker turn and there are matters which have caused deep division within the profession. There are now psychological dissidents who do not agree with the promulgation of certain recent diagnoses. These are not minor differences of opinion, but ultimately reflect a difference in understanding the human person, a fundamental cultural shift affecting the profession.
This was brought to prominence like never before when some psychologists and psychiatrists disagreed with the alteration of what was formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder in the most recent edition of the diagnostic manual, DSM 5 (published in 2013 and used the world over). Individuals wanting to change gender were no longer considered…
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