Non-binary gender identity and transgendence beyond psychiatric discourse

Abstract

An analysis of the problem of non-binary gender identity and transgender shows that the professional position of psychiatrists and psychologists is often based on selfish gender when subjectivity begins to be seen in psychiatric diagnostics due to a rigid binary gender setting. Modern research proves the existence of gender diversity and a spectrum of gender identity. All this allows us to state that the phenomenon of so-called gender identity disorders goes beyond the psychopathological context. The psychiatrists use of the binary approach does not correspond to rapidly changing public ideas about the norm and pathology of human behavior.