Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

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  In landmark ruling, trans woman can sue under Americans with Disabilities Act

  Friday, May 19, 2017

  This is huge.

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  World Health Organization considers major change to transgender status

  Saturday, July 30, 2016

  “The terminology is difficult because nobody likes anything....we could call this 'happy unicorns dancing by the edge of the stream' and there’d be an objection to it.”

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  Robert Spitzer, psychiatrist who shed light on homosexuality, dies

  Sunday, December 27, 2015

  Dr. Robert Spitzer — a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality’s designation as a pathology — died Friday in Seattle.

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  Calif. man sues doctor for listing homosexuality as a ‘chronic condition’

  Tuesday, August 12, 2014

  LOS ANGELES -- A California man las filed a lawsuit against his doctor and a Southern California healthcare network, saying they ignored his request to remove a notation from his medial records describing "homosexual behavior" as…

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  American Psychiatric Association to remove term ‘gender identity disorder’ from manual

  Monday, December 3, 2012

  ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Psychiatric Association has voted to eliminate the term "gender identity disorder" and replace it with "gender dysphoria" when diagnosing people who are transgender.

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