Historically,
non-trans
medical
and
mental
health
care
professionals have positioned themselves as the "experts"
on transgender experience, creating standards, guidelines,
and diagnoses that inform legal policies and mediate
every aspect of life. Diagnosing Difference shifts the focus
to explore the many complexities of the diagnosis from
the perspectives of those it affects most directly and
personally, including access to medical care, legal
ramifications, social stigma, implications for
psychotherapeutic care, treatment trauma, and differences
in experience based on factors like race, class, gender
orientation, and generation.
