Newsweek: Life without gender?

Newsweek: “Although no one is keeping statistics, researchers who study gender say a small but growing number of people (including some who have had sex-change operations) consider themselves ‘gender neutral’ or ‘gender variant’ . . . some researchers compare the evolution in thinking about gender to the struggle that began a generation ago for gay and lesbian rights. Dr. Jack Drescher is a member of an American Psychiatric Association (APA) committee that is currently reviewing changes to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual . . . Drescher’s committee is reconsidering the diagnosis of gender-identity disorder, which encompasses people who do not identify with the gender assigned to them by biology . . . the committee is proposing changing the name to ‘gender incongruence’ and making the diagnosis contingent on the person feeling significant distress over their gender confusion.”