That just passes the buck to the medical community, who have to figure out whether something is a disorder or not, which again becomes a decision informed by societal norms and practicality.
An interesting, nuanced essay on this (from a slightly earlier era):
> At this point, I don’t care enough to say much more than “If it’s a psychiatric disorder, then attempts to help transgender people get covered by health insurance, and most of the transgender people I know seem to want that, so sure, gender dysphoria is a psychiatric disorder.”
- The Categories were made for Man, not Man for the Categories
An interesting, nuanced essay on this (from a slightly earlier era):
> At this point, I don’t care enough to say much more than “If it’s a psychiatric disorder, then attempts to help transgender people get covered by health insurance, and most of the transgender people I know seem to want that, so sure, gender dysphoria is a psychiatric disorder.”
- The Categories were made for Man, not Man for the Categories
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...
(I have no idea what Facebook's motivation is in this matter).