That's how we're defined, as trans people, by our suffering. We get diagnosed with dysphoria, and poof magically we're trans.
Only dysphoria isn't universal in our community, and defining us by it necessarily alienates - others - some of our community.
So I'm calling for WPATH to change the basic standard by which we are diagnosed, from dysphoria to euphoria.
No longer will we ask "Does pretending to be a boy or girl cause you pain?"
We ask instead, "Would you prefer not to pretend, and simply be who you are?"
It's the magic button scenario, brought to life. Would you push the button if it meant you were instantly transformed into a body suiting the gender you desire? Would that make you happy?
If the answer is yes, then you have found a trans and/or nonbinary person. Huzzah! Well done.
Our medical treatments become "Facial Harmonizing Surgery" (not my coinage), or "Body Harmonizing Surgery" for bottom or top surgery.
The medical goal thus becomes the achievement of lasting joy, rather than the relief of (some people's) sadness and rage. It's a more inclusive standard, and it changes the focus on trans people from being poor suffering wretches to being joyful transforming butterflies.
I'm not even kidding about this. There's no reason, no not even the FUBAR US medical system, to do it the way we do now.
We don't need to treat us as an ill people, because we're not. We're just misaligned. Let us become aligned, and we become happy. We don't need fixing - we need releasing.