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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

First, surgery is not sth every trans person seeks, nor the first thing that they seek.

Equating trans with surgery shows that you know next to nothing about the topic.

Again, if you want to educate yourself here

Being trans is a reality not a condition. Like (some) veterans have PTSD, that does not mean being a veteran is mentally ill.

World Health Organization lists gender incongruence under "conditions related to reproductive health" not mental conditions. American Psychiatric Organization has "gender dysphoria" under mental conditions, but clearly states this is to get access to care, being trans in itself is not a mental condition.

Finally, the fact that there is a "cure", does not mean there must necessarily be an illness, for example abortions are health care for unwanted pregnancy this does not mean pregnancy is an illness.