“Issues of identity and gender dysphoria” is the theme of the conversation that will animate Adele
Allegra (psychotherapist), Laura L’Episcopo (psychologist) and Silvestro Lo Cascio (psychotherapist) on Sunday at
5.30pm at Terzo Tempo Irish Pub, in Troina. The event is organized by the Antonio Gramsci cultural association. These are topics that are rarely talked about because they are very delicate.
Problems
But problems related to gender identity are much more widespread than the fact that little is said about them might suggest. Fumettibrutti, a cartoonist and activist of Troino origin, speaks about these with great frankness, and with admirable courage he talks about his experience as a teenager who discovers his gender identity and what he went through to obtain recognition for it. In addition to the two genders of male and female, the Australian human rights commission has classified 21 others: homosexual, bisexual, transgender, trans, transsexual, intersex, androgynous, genderless, crossdresser, drag king, drag queen, gender fluid, gender queer , intergender, neutrois, pansexual, pangender, third gender, third sex, sistergirl and brotherboy.
The phenomenon
Gender identity, which can be different from biological sex, is defined by how a person feels they are, by the deep feeling of femininity or masculinity they have. We talk about gender dysphoria when a person feels the difference between their biological sex and their gender identity. In traditional contexts that are not favorable to accepting diversity, this condition generates strong discomfort in the person who experiences it, with unpleasant consequences in the social and work fields: discrimination, isolation and rejection. If the person who finds himself in this condition is still young and lives in the family, the discomfort is also experienced by parents with concern because they consider this difference in biological sex and gender as a mental illness to be treated.
“It’s not a disease”
International associations that promote mental health, such as the World Health Organization, the associations of American psychologists and psychiatrists, have declared that homosexuality is not a disease, but a psychological variant of human sexuality.
Silvano Privitera
(photo taken fromguidapsicologi.it)
