theaceandaroadvocacyproject: May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and
theaceandaroadvocacyproject: May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (Image Description under the cut) IDAHOBIT’s date was selected to commemorate the removal of homosexuality from the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases. While this was a crucial step, many people, including asexual and aromantic people, are still pathologized today and considered in need of medical help. Outside of what’s in our graphic, here are some other ways that ace and aro experiences are pathologized and problematized: Low sex drive/arousal has two diagnoses in the latest DSM, with an exception for people identifying as asexual. This still treats sex (and particularly a certain amount of it) within romantic relationships as the norm. A current defining “symptom” of schizoid personality disorder is a lack of interest in romantic dating or sexual behavior. Aspec experiences are often conflated with autistic experiences, to the point that people are assumed to automatically be both. This hurts ace and aro people, allo autistic people, and autistic people on the aspec. The “sexual dysfunction” section of the current DSM assumes sex within the context of romantic relationships, making it difficult for nonpartnered aroallos to receive care. For a deeper dive into this, TAAAP made a whole presentation about how healthcare professionals currently treat aspec people and how they could do better. You can find that here: https://taaap.org/2021/04/23/helping-professionals/ Keep reading -- source link
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