(CP) – A psychologist who was instrumental in authoring the official position on transgender identity in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel Disorders was banned from Twitter after posting clinical opinions the social media giant deemed “hateful.” In response to one of his Twitter followers who had inquired about his stance on transgender-identifying persons, Ray Blanchard, a Ph.D. psychologist who is an adjunct
professor at the University of Toronto published a thread explaining that transsexualism and more mild forms of gender dysphoria are kinds of mental disorders which may affect an individual’s ability to function. Sex change surgeries ought not be an option for anyone under 21, he added, noting that gender dysphoria is not a sexual orientation. The Canadian scientist served on the working group for gender dysphoria — the condition of where someone believes they are the opposite sex. READ MORE
