Blogpost 4: The Trans and Psychology

Have you ever think what is the connection of psychology to these people? they say that in 20th century, the psychology view Homosexuality terms of pathological models as a mental illness. What is homosexuality? when i search the meaning about it, Merriam Webster Dictionary define the  homosexuality as showing an sexual attraction to people of the same sex. Some people view it as an disorder, but when some researchers are failed to prove any basis, they can't say that it is really an disorder or abnormality of these transgender people. Since year 1970s ,some psychologist and mental health professional tells  that homosexuality is not an disorder but it is a normal variation of human sexual orientation. As i was browsing the net,  i found an website titled "Life Site News" with an article " Psychiatry Expert: Scientifically, there is no such thing as Transgender" by Thaddeus Baklinski the author of article, he stated that " A prominent Toronto psychiatrist has severely criticized the assumptions underlying what has been dubbed by critics as the Canadian federal government's "bathroom bill", that is, Bill C-279, a private member’s bill that would afford special protection to so-called "transgender" men and women."

According to the article, there was a psychiatrist in toronto named  Dr Joseph Berger that say,  in the medical and science view, there is no term as "transgender" person, and that term used in the bill are more emotional appeal than the scientific fact. Berger also say that these people who call themselves transgender are mentally ill or unhappy person, he pointed out also that the hormone comes from therapy and surgery are not the treatment for their happiness. Dr berger also added that the meaning of transgender, he say that transgender people are the one who claim they really wish to be the person of the opposite sex to which they born. He say that sometimes, these people claim that they are a woman who is trapped in man's body or vise versa. The doctor also explained that these surgery that they wish to undergo will not help them to change of their human being in making them a man to become a women who are capable of having menstruation just like in the real women and have a children, or a women change into man who is capable of generating an sperm cells same as real men to the woman. Berger  stated that there is no basis on the issue about advocating the rights for their gender to these people who are still curious or questioning their gender identity. Berger also say that the confusion about their sexuality is psychological. For me, these people who seek or do surgery is many reason why they doing it, maybe because they want to change the perception to them of this people who can't still accept who they are. And show to the world, that there gender identity is not an illness that can harm people.