User:Kam.peyton/sandbox

Potential Topics

 * 1) Queer Heterosexuality
 * 2) Queer heterosexuality
 * 3) Gender roles are extremely interesting to me, and it seems as if the idea of queer heterosexuality may be, in itself, logically flawed because it assumes that gender and gender roles are binary, and that any one who strays from those can be considered a "queer heterosexual." Also, the citations could be longer and verified to ensure a lack of bias.
 * 4) Gender Variance
 * 5) Gender variance
 * 6) The page needs more citations and is not overwhelmingly long. The topic of gender variance is also controversial and therefore could contain bias in various parts of the article. As a transgender male, it is interesting to see a neutral position on the idea of gender variance and gender as a spectrum. This article has also been rated as Start-Class so it is likely to require quite a few edits.
 * 7) Feminist Pornography
 * 8) Feminist pornography
 * 9) The article mentions in several places that the article could be improved by adding additional citations. It also says that the page could be improved by making the topic more focused and possibly splitting up the articles to add clarity. This page is also rated as Start-Class, but with Mid-Importance so it is likely to have many sources that cover the topics in a neutral tone.

Article Evaluation One
"Men Who Have Sex with Men Blood Donor Controversy"


 * 1) Everything presented in the article was relevant to the topic of MSM blood donation. It was interesting to see the different restrictions in other countries regarding MSM blood donation. There were a few sections that lacked proper citation, which was distracting to the eye.
 * 2) There is some information presented on the likelihood of certain groups to get HIV from 2005, which is quite old and could not possibly be relevant data in 2019. I would have liked to see more information on the changes made to reverse the ban on MSM blood donation.
 * 3) The information on deferral periods was a bit jumbled and could be a bit hard to understand in regards to women who have sex with MSM. Also, there is data presented from only a few countries and most of them are developed. It seems as if there would be a skew of data due to a lack of variety.
 * 4) The article itself was neutral and did not favor one viewpoint over the other. It was not an article in favor of allowing MSM to donate blood, nor an article claiming that MSM donating blood is immoral and dangerous.
 * 5) There were not viewpoints that were over-represented or underrepresented.
 * 6) Within the article, there are numerous citations, along with a lengthy list of sources at the end of the article. All of the citations appear to work. There are a few missing citations, but overall, the article is well-informed and unbiased.
 * 7) Any information cited from other sources was reliable and came from peer reviewed or academic sources. There were no sources that showed overwhelming bias.
 * 8) The conversations going on behind the scenes are not particularly topic-based and are more logistical. Most of the comments point out vague statements or ask for a better citation from the person who contributed to the article. The talk page is not very opinionated, as one may think.
 * 9) The article is a part of Wikiproject LGBT Studies and also Wikiproject Medicine. It is related to medicine due to the fact that the article discusses blood donation.
 * 10) We have not spoken about MSM donating blood in class, though I would imagine that there would be negative feelings behind the ban of MSM blood donation. It is true that blood undergoes rigorous testing before being allowed to be transfused, which is argued by the dissenting side.

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Comorbidity of Gender Dysphoria and Other Mental Illnesses
Transgender individuals are also more likely to be diagnosed with other mental illnesses, such as major depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Body dissatisfaction is a common symptom of gender dysphoria, and can sometimes manifest in the form of genital mutilation. There are other diagnoses that are commonly mistaken for gender dysphoria, such as body dysmorphic disorder and some eating disorders. Body dysmorphic disorder is the hatred of one specific body part that may be unnoticeable or slight to everyone else, and while gender dysphoria can be centered around a specific body part, the diagnosis requires other criteria to be met, including the strong desire to live as another gender. Gender dysphoria can also be mistaken for transvestic disorder, which presents itself primarily in heterosexual men who receive sexual pleasure from cross-dressing. Gender dysphoria involves no sexual arousal, and, unlike transvestic disorder, does not involve autogynephelia.