Carla Moleiro And Pinto Summary

Carla Moleiro and Nuno Pinto wrote an article together over the recent controversy of gender identity. In the article, they include different concepts, the mental impact it can have on someone and history over gender identity. Moleiro and Pinto get their point about gender identity across well by appealing to logic, ethics and emotion throughout their article. Instead of basing the article solely on what they know from personal experiences and studies they bring in other people who have studied this topic as well. By doing this they exhibit that they have the credibility to write about gender identity. They also put a few sensitive topics into their writing which are related to gender identity to draw the audience’s emotions towards those who
“While nowadays we understand that higher rates of psychological distress among LGB people are related to their minority status and to discrimination, by the early 20th century, psychiatrists mostly regarded homosexuality as pathological per se; and in the mid-20th century psychiatrists, physicians, and psychologists were trying to “cure” and change homosexuality (Drescher, 2009).” (Moleiro and Pinto) By explaining the 20th century more in depth and how psychiatrists handled homosexuality and psychologists who were trying to ‘cure’ those that were homosexual it gives the audience a better look on how people viewed this topic before today. However, if the authors had not cited where they were getting their information from and wrote as if all the information was brought up from their own knowledge then the readers would not be able to trust the information. After the previous sentence from the article the authors go on to say “In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association published its first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-I), in which homosexuality was considered a “sociopathic personality disturbance.” In this sentence the authors are bringing in a new area from which they got information so instead of waiting to put the citation at the end they worked it into the
“In addition, transgender people have been identified as being at a greater risk for developing: anxiety disorders (Hepp et al., 2005; Mustanski et al., 2010); depression (Nuttbrock et al., 2010; Nemoto et al., 2011); social phobia and adjustment disorders (Gómez-Gil et al., 2009); substance abuse (Lawrence, 2008); or eating disorders (Vocks et al., 2009).” (Moleiro and Pinto) Right away the attention of the audience is caught because the authors are bringing up disorders that those in the LGBT community are at a great risk of getting. By stating this, those who may have one of these disorders or know someone that may have one can relate to them. Talking about a sensitive subject like this can appeal to a wide audience because of how common these disorders are and the readers start to feel more sympathy towards their daily struggles. The authors also state that “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people often suffer from various forms of discrimination, stigma and social exclusion – including physical and psychological abuse, bullying, persecution, or economic alienation (United Nations, 2011; Bostwick et al., 2014; European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014).” In society today bullying is popular in all sorts of ways whether it be through social media, texting or face to face. By stating that those in the LGBT