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 Men and HIV: External Resources
This is a short list of online resources that are accessible for free. Many of these projects are trans-led initiatives or had leading trans representatives engaged. This list is not exhaustive but should provide an initial idea of trans masculine inclusive projects.
- Published
- 2 April 2020
A Silver Lining for the Trans Movement in India
Transgender people across the globe are underserved in their health, social well-being, economic empowerment, inclusion and various other structural barriers. Today, attending a global meeting on HIV prevention with targets globally for HIV intervention, I realized that we have to widen the lens in understanding the needs of transgender people.
- Written by
- Abhina Aher
- Published
- 4 March 2020
The Road to Hell: Intersex People, Sexual Health & Human Rights
For Intersex Day of Remembrance, we call upon the international community to join intersex-led efforts to put an end to human rights violations in medical settings and to make the right to truth, justice and reparations a reality for intersex people everywhere.
- Written by
- Mauro Cabral Grinspan
- Published
- 8 November 2019