Depathologization
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- 11 April 2022
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- 1 November 2021
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- 1 November 2021
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- 21 October 2021
- Written by
- Mauro Cabral Grinspan
- Published
- 9 June 2021
What if someone says “I am Napoleon?” On trans people and self-determination
Many laws and policies restricting trans people’s access to legal gender recognition have been based on previous restrictions in psycho-medical knowledge prior to the release of the ICD-11, for example, by justifying it as compliance with the World Health Organization’s previously pathologizing classification. However, after 2019, that reasoning is no longer an acceptable excuse. It is time for all countries around the world to behave coherently with their own tradition of compliance, and to depathologize trans people in accordance with the World Health Organization’s updated classification.
- Written by
- Mauro Cabral Grinspan
- Published
- 26 May 2021
- Written by
- Mauro Cabral Grinspan
- Published
- 19 May 2021
Trans Day of Visibility 2021 – A week of celebrating our communities
After a year of lockdowns and restrictions that have particularly affected trans and gender diverse communities across the world, we want to use Trans Day of Visibility (TDoV) to focus on the resiliency of our communities, to highlight the achievements of our communities, and to shine a light for the way forward over the comingContinue reading "Trans Day of Visibility 2021 – A week of celebrating our communities"
- Section
- Campaign
- Work area
- Human Rights | Movement Building
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- 25 March 2021
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- 5 February 2021