An analysis of the Samoan third gender fa'afafine suggests that the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic component of distress is not inherent in the cross-gender identity; rather, it is related to social rejection and discrimination suffered by the individual. Psychology professor Darryl Hill insists that gender dysphoria is not a mental disorder, but rather that the diagnostic criteria reflect psychological distress in children that occurs when parents and others have trouble relating to their child's gender variance. Transgender people have often been harassed, socially excluded, and subjected to discrimination, abuse and violence, including murder.
An analysis of the Samoan third gender fa'afafine suggests that the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic component of distress is not inherent in the cross-gender identity; rather, it is related to social rejection and discrimination suff.ered by the individual Psychology professor Darryl Hill insists that gend,er dysphoria is not a mental disorder, but rather that the diagnostic criteria reflect psychological distress in children that occurs when parents an,d others have trouble relating to their child's gender variance. Transgender people have often been harassed socially excluded and subjected to discrimination, abuse and violence, including murder.