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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt seems that LGBT people are just mentally ill
Well, it's certainly good to know the "real facts" from a Minnestora Republican. Goodness, what would we all do if the GOP was not digging up "facts" and letting the world know "the truth."
While speaking to WCCO radio host Chad Hartman last week, Gruenhagen explained that he was not pandering to his extremist constituents by sponsoring a bill that would force transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex instead of their gender.
Gruenhagen asserted that his bill was based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), which he said labels all transgender people as mentally ill
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/mn-sponsor-of-anti-trans-bill-wants-gays-to-receive-treatment-for-unhealthy-sexual-addiction/
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)There is no hope whatsoever for this irredeemable fuckwad.
unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)so many bigoted hateful people in power. Not to mention ignorant to boot.
K&R
Orrex
(63,225 posts)It's a goddamn miracle that they aren't mentally ill.
JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)Cyrano
(15,063 posts)"forbidden" fantasies.
It's impossible not to wonder what fantasies some of these "bigots" are keeping hidden.
And even more scary, is how many of them act out their fantisies with really bad endings.
These people scare the hell out of me.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)but it isn't because of my sexuality. I hate when these fuckers spout shit they don't understand.
LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)I was going to post the same thing!
Few things are scarier than when bigots "use" science to bolster their bigotry!
mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)Here is the DSM fact sheet:
http://www.dsm5.org/documents/gender%20dysphoria%20fact%20sheet.pdf
Be sure to look at the second paragraph:
is the presence of clinically significant distress associated with the condition.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I don't know if it is learned behavior, but I would bet it is from growing up with parents that have certain character defects.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)And according to him LGBT people need to be fixed.
After being given a chance to reverse himself, Gruenhagen didnt backtrack.
Yeah, he replied. You can go on the Internet and theres treatment for sexual addictions right here in Minnesota, whether its pornography or unhealthy sexual behavior. You can receive treatment for that and be free from those compulsions.
Wouldn't surprise me in the least if he was arrested for making a wide stance in a bathroom like one certain former Idaho Senator did.