Dr Paul Allen

Why does this cultural issue have such vehement backing when all science points against it? When the rare mental illness known as gender identity disorder became “gender dysphoria” under the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 2013, it set in motion a chain of events that led to the “transgender” craze. This relatively small name change effectively morphed a well-documented mental illness that had always presented in young boys into a more generalized feeling of discomfort with one’s own body that’s become much more prevalent in adolescent girls. “Dysphoria” means being uneasy or dissatisfied with life. In essence, the APA name change expanded something serious to make it more codable by the medical system, but in actuality, it helped start to foster the monster that would later be   dubbed by Dr. Lisa Littman   as Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD). In the early 2010s, renowned Finnish psychiatrist Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala was asked to   head Finland’s first gender youth clini