The Other Hand  Posted by – June 20, 2008  The AMA passed a
resolution attempting to make home births illegal, and yet in
the same session, they also passed Resolution 114 (MS Word
.doc):      Whereas, The denial of otherwise covered benefits
for patients diagnosed with GID represents discrimination based
solely on a patientâ€™s gender identity; and      Which doesn’t
do the job entirely, but it’s certainly a good weapon in a trans
person’s arsenal when arguing for why their transition related
costs should be funded.  (thanks to Veronica for the news)  4
Comments on The Other Hand    1. Sara says:      Once the AMA
has stated (and insurance companies accepted) that this is a
medically treated problem with accepted treatments, how credible
will conversion therapy remain? If something is a sanctioned
medically treatable condition (and therefore it follows that the
treated problem was medically *caused*), should it still be
treated as a psychological pathology? The timing is certainly
interesting. Wouldn’t it be