UN Geneva, 24 June – 12 July 2019
UN Trans Advocacy Week 2019
In this statement, trans and gender diverse activists participating in Trans Advocacy Week expressed their concern for mental health care used as a weapon in the form of forced institutionalization and treatment against trans and gender diverse people:
As affirmed by the World Health Organization, our gender identities and expressions aren’t pathologies to be treated but healthy manifestations of human diversity.
UN Trans Advocacy Week 2019 participants