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There’s a reason we don’t try. Because it would be ethically and morally wrong. Again, you don’t understand the difference between a mental illness and developmental difference. Also, weird assumption about me friend. Not the opinion of any medical professional I’ve seen. But i’m sure you’re more qualified to make that assessment, stranger on the internet who knows so much about me…
Curing illness isn't ethically or morally wrong. Leaving people ill and disabled when you can fix them is wrong.
What opinion did I have of you lol I'm only replying to your comments I haven't spoken about you as a individual
Edit: the confusion I assume stems from me saying 'youre' when responding to your if someone was born with the wrong brain in body statement. When I said you're I don't mean literally you I meant you're as the individual within the talking point
“Fixing” someone sounds a lot like conversion therapy. We have enough evidence to pretty conclusively say conversion therapy has no positive mental health outcomes for trans people.
By definition mental illness is something that has a negative effect on someone’s quality of life. I know many, many trans people who have families and live happy fulfilling lives. They are productive members of society. These are all things that mental illness interferes with by definition. I think there’s also many trans people with comorbid mental health issues, but being trans itself is not inherently a mental illness. It doesn’t fit the definition, and that’s why the DSM-5 and the medical community in general no longer considers it one.
By the way, the architecture that powers your smartphone was largely invented by a trans woman who lived a happy life until the age of 86. What benefit would she have had from being “fixed”? Why spend resources on “fixing” a productive member of society, and whose existence hurt nobody?