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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.

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  • Mauro Cabral Grinspan
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  • 26 May 2021
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IDAHOT 2021 – Resist, Support and Heal Together

Every May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) is celebrated in commemoration of the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement in 1990 that homosexuality would no longer be listed as a mental disorder in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). In 2019, the same announcement was finally made for trans and gender diverseContinue reading "IDAHOT 2021 – Resist, Support and Heal Together"

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  • 17 May 2021
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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"

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  • 25 March 2021