The American Psychiatric Association (APA) released its Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care (GAPC) textbook and it’s crazier than I thought. In a recent op-ed, @Miriam_Grossman and @LHSchwartzMD call it a “political manifesto posing as a scientific guide for mental health care.”🧵
The authors of the GAPC claim the sex binary is “mythical,” created by “European colonial influences," and that scientific neutrality is a “fallacy.”
It says trans-identified youth are oppressed from “living in a cis heteronormative society” created by “cisgender people in power.”
Grossman and Schwartz argue, “If a brain surgeon told you that scientific neutrality is a fallacy and brain anatomy is a result of European colonial influence, you would probably look for another surgeon.”
Unsurprisingly, nearly 90% of the guide’s 56 authors identify as “transgender, non-binary, and/or gender-expansive.”
“Only those committed to the radical ideas and practices announced in the book are considered experts,” say Grossman and Schwartz.
The GAPC demands that medical and surgical interventions be readily available to all patients, regardless of age or psychiatric conditions, including psychosis, stating, “Psychosis alone is not a contraindication to gender-affirming services.” (!)
An Open Letter to the APA, authored by a coalition of clinicians, educators, and researchers, is currently gathering public signatures. With over 6,600 signatures already, everyone is encouraged to sign.
Op-ed:
Open letter: dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…
fairforall.org/open-letters/o…
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