Destigmatization Versus Coverage and Access: The Medical Model of Transsexuality
In recent years, the GLB community has been more receptive to (and even energized in) assisting the transgender community, but regularly asks what its needs are. One that is often touted is the “complete depathologization of Trans identities” (quoting from a press release for an October 7, 2007 demonstration in Barcelona, Spain) by removing “Gender Identity Disorder” (GID) from medical classification. The reasoning generally flows in a logic chain stating that with homosexuality removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM, the “bible” of the medical community) in 1974, gay and lesbian rights were able to follow as a consequence – and with similar removal, we should be able to do the same. Living in…
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- Cristan’s Research40
- The TERFs12
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- Culture, identity, and representation78
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- Media, rhetoric, and discourse48
- Feminism and gender politics41
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- Critical theory22
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