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Ask Matt: Should Gender Dysphoria Be in the DSM?
A reader writes: “The DSM-V is coming out at the end of the year, and the big question of whether or not gender identity disorder will appear is being decided now, I believe. I heard something about...
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Ask Matt: How Can I Help My Transitioning Parent?
A reader writes: “My dad is currently going through a transition from male to female. I have always had a very open dialogue with my father. He came out to me a couple of years ago, and recently he...
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Ask Matt: The Teacher and the Trans Student
A reader writes: “I’m the mother of a transgendered daughter and have no problems with that. My question is about a student I have. Since I am open about my daughter, several students have come out to...
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Ask Matt: Are There Different Ways to Be Transgender?
A reader writes: “Is it normal to feel transgender but not really have body dysphoria? “I never told anyone I wanted to be a boy as a child, and indeed, never knew what a penis was until I was at least...
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Ask Matt: Gender-Neutral Pronouns Presenting a Problem
A reader writes: “I am 15 years old and I just started my sophomore year of high school. I also came out as genderqueer a couple of weeks ago. To make it easier on people, I chose one set of pronouns...
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Readers: What Would You Be Happy Never to Hear Again?
A friend of mine told me about a workshop she had been to where participants were asked to tell each other what comments they would be perfectly happy never to hear again for the rest of their lives....
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Ask Matt: What Am I? Labels and Identities
Today we have two letters about identity that I thought went together quite well. So here goes: A reader writes: “I consider myself transgender – I was born female, but feel very much that the concept...
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Ask Matt: Why the Fuss Over ‘Transgendered’ and Is ‘Transgender’ a Gender?
A reader writes: “As a transgender man who transitioned about five years ago, I have been hearing the conversation about the word ‘transgendered’ (with the ‘ed’ on the end), and would like to know: 1....
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Ask Matt: Keeping Up with LGBTQ Lingo
A reader writes: “This is my second year going to TDOR (Transgender Day of Remembrance). I am still having difficulty understanding a lot of the terms used by the transgender community. “MTF and FTM I...
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Ask Matt: What Should Therapists Know About Trans Issues?
A reader writes: “I have two related questions about psychotherapists and trans clients when the trans client is not specifically seeking transition-related medical approval stamps, but simply seeking...
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