
Parent and Teacher Guideline for
Gender Dysphoric Youth

LGBT Counselling
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Homosexuality was declassified in 1981 as ‘not a pathology which “regularly caused subjective distress or was associated with generalized impairment in social effectiveness of functioning.’’[89] We applaud that right and just decision. Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGMs) should be protected from discrimination; gay and lesbian behavior is still condemned in many countries as well as religious districts in Canada.
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However, today, the push to include sexual orientation together with gender identity is marked by magical thinking - with the introduction of trans identities, reality is the enemy. It is important to affirm a child in the body they were born into. It is magical thinking to do otherwise. People may succumb to fantasy to fit into a crowd that espouses magical thinking.