#depathologisation

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[germainedelarch]

The classification of transgender as an illness

Do NOT let anyone convince you being trans means you’re sick or mentally ill!  Transgender is included in the mental illness category because without a medical diagnosis, we cannot receive physical and mental healthcare. It is ONLY a logistical thing to access healthcare.  Trans activists around the world are working on a medical classification that does not imply that we are sick or mentally ill…

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[germainedelarch]

Being trans is NOT an illness. #depathologisation #WPATH #ICD

[harrysaxonpm]

The intense focus on the bodies of trans people, both within the medical professions and without, needs to change as it pathologises trans people by emphasising their difference from non-trans (cis) people. http://tgeu.org/trans-depath/

[samorchard]

I interviewed Joe about transgender health care, depathologisation and informed consent. Then I drew pretty pictures around their awesome words. I think they are very smart, articulate and also cute. 

[lgbtirights-blog]

Denmark aims to depathologise trans people

[germainedelarch]

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2016 Visible for those who can't be #transgender #depathologisation #nonbinary (at Johannesburg, South Africa)

[genderqueer]

This American Life episode 204: "The story of how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness."

The free mp3 download for this episode is available until next Monday.