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Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is currently in the process of revising the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have expressed interest and concern regarding the future status of the diagnostic categories of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) of Adolescence and Adulthood and GID of Childhood (GIDC) in the DSM-5. This article provides a brief history of the reasoning that led to the original placement of these diagnoses in the DSM and later in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The article goes on to describe some of the cultural changes that have ensued, which have contributed to the controversy surrounding these diagnoses.

Transsexualism, Gender Identity Disorder and the DSM