misconception about transgender people transgender as a social contagion rapid-onset gender dysphoria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_onset_gender_dysphoria_controversy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98839080 A pseudoscientific and transphobic belief which postulates and perpetuates the idea that many (or all) cases of gender dysphoria (or "transness" generally) are the result of a transgender "social contagion". Generally, it is meant to imply that dysphoria appears "spontaneously" in adolescents and young adults. ROGD ROGD is not recognized by any major professional association and is not listed in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) or the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). WPATH regards the term as problematic, being used to instill fear in parents whose children may or may not be transgender, and urges entities to avoid using ROGD for the time being. ROGD phenomenon rapid onset gender dysphoria rapid onset gender dysphoria controversy rapid onset of gender dysphoria TERF glossary