The public not voting for trans politicians proves trans is a mental illness
Robby Starbuck said:
“The populous recognises the mental illness and they don't want to elect somebody disordered and has a mental”
Framing electoral outcomes as a popular verdict on medical reality borrows the democratic legitimacy of the ballot box and will resonate with viewers who distrust institutional medicine.
The World Health Organisation removed gender incongruence from its chapter on mental disorders in 2019, and the American Psychiatric Association's own diagnostic manual distinguishes between gender dysphoria, which is distress caused by a mismatch between identity and the body, and being trans, which is not a disorder at all. What elections measure is political climate, media framing and social prejudice: they have never been a mechanism for diagnosing anyone. History has a long record of majorities voting against groups they misunderstood, and we do not treat those outcomes as medical verdicts. When trans people hear that their identity disqualifies them from civic life, the cost is not theoretical: it is fewer trans people willing to stand, serve or even be visible, and everyone is worse off for that.
What I said at the time:
“The International Classification of Diseases that the World Health Organisation 11”
Trans people in public life and those considering it, who face the message that their identity disqualifies them from civic participation.