Dysphoria is not actually classified as a mental illness alone. It needs to be combined with the focus of that dysphoria. Why can’t I just be dysphoric and leave it at that. The only thing gender dysphoria diagnosis is good for is accessing medical transitioning solutions. To get on cross hormone treatment used to require it, but a large percentage of providers are no working with an informed consent model. After all many medical interventions require you to give consent. Unfortunately, it is still necessary to receive gender affirming surgery which most surgeons require WPATHs Standards of Care. It is funny that both my letter providers don’t believe in the diagnosis. If a surgeon is intelligent enough to provide surgery shouldn’t they be smart enough to determine whether a person is a candidate for surgery, just like other surgeries.