From Jennie Kermode, Trans Media Watch
Your generally well-written piece about the concerns many people have with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders mentions its effect on transgender people (12 December 2009, p 38).
The article is let down in this regard by the use of the phrase “sex-change surgery”. Not only is this term often used pejoratively, it is also misleading as it reduces a complex set of procedures, which may not involve actual surgery, to a lurid soundbite. The term “gender reassignment” would better suit your purposes.
Glasgow, UK
