dysphoria

ADF’s CEO has said that she doesn’t believe in transgender identity, only gender dysphoria, and that the group’s next priority is fighting “the radical gender-identity ideology infiltrating the law.”

It follows a ban, earlier this year, on the routine prescription of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria.

For example, the report does not convincingly show that there has been an “exponential increase” in children with gender dysphoria in the U.K. attributable to some combination of social media, influencers, and mental health problems generally.

In late 2013, the American Psychiatric Association changed the diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders from Gender Identity Disorder, a very strict and narrow definition, to the much broader Gender Dysphoria.

It just means that the main way we measure dysphoria—kids going to see medical professionals—becomes easier to access, and therefore the diagnosis becomes more common.