Depathologization
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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
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"
- Published
- 25 March 2021
Leave No One Behind: Linking trans & gender diverse work to SDG 1
- Online
- 16th December 2020, 16:00-17:00 CET
Trans and gender diverse people are routinely and structurally left behind in spite of the “leave no one behind” principle, which is a crucial commitment to uphold to reach the Agenda 2030 promise.
- Published
- 16 December 2020
The SDGs & Trans Engagement: A Toolkit document
The majority of trans and gender diverse activists and organizations devote an extensive amount of time and effort to the thematic areas captured in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, they are not framing their work as such.
- Published
- 16 December 2020