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[spacechild1]

> Hacker News really is hostile to the LGBTQ community.

I never noticed that. Keep in mind that HN is not a uniform mass, it's full of people with wildy different opinions. Yes, there are probably some homophobic comments, but they are a tiny minority.

> seeing people here equate being gay to a mental disorder

I would expect such a comment to get downvoted into oblivion and/or called out by other users.

[throwawayrev3]

It's true. There are many supportive people too. I think the problem is that the 'mental disorder' guys are not banned. So they keep on commenting. Flagging doesn't work that well, because one already read the comment.

[iamdamian]

That hasn't been my experience at all over 10+ years.

[krapp]

You can literally just scroll down and see it.

[throwawayvibes]

Being gay is not a mental disorder, but gender dysphoria (just like body dysphoria) is, and should be medicated and treated responsibly instead of making it the new norm and not providing people with the mental care they need.

[dang]

We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines.

Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[iaml]

> gender dysphoria (just like body dysphoria) is, and should be medicated and treated responsibly

I'm sure you were trying to be offensive here (no surprise here, coming from a throwaway account) but apart from it not being called that anymore (DSM-5 calls it "Gender Incongruence" now) and it not being a disorder (again, see DSM), you are mostly correct. It should be treated by medication (HRT) and social transition, and of course appropriate therapy should be provided.