STOP TRANS PATHOLOGIZATION 2012
TGEU supports the “Stop Trans Pathologization 2012”-campaign of the Trans Depathologization-Network.
In the following we are presenting the network, the beginnings of the campaign and TGEU’s call for action/support and document all groups, networks and individuals that join the campaign this year.
The Network and its beginnings
The actual campaign and its manifest
The TGEU call for action/support
Supporters and participants 2009
Map showing the worldwide campaign
Groups, which support the campaign
Individuals, who support the campaign
Cities, in which demonstrations or manifestations etc. will take place
Demands
The Network and its beginnings
The starting point of the International Trans Depathologization Network was a joint action between Spanish and French trans groups against Trans Pathologization. Their precedents can be found in the Existrans demonstrations in Paris which began more then ten years ago.
In October 2007, the first mobilizations against trans pathologization took place in Barcelona, Madrid and Paris. In 2008, already 11 European cities (A Corunha, Barcelona, Bilbao, Brussels, Donostia, Gasteiz, Lille, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Zaragoza) realized demonstrations demanding the removal of the Gender Identity Disorder from the DSM-IV and ICD-10.
Posters of past campaigns 2007-2008
Throughout the last two years, trans groups and allies, mainly from the Spanish context, started to collaborate more closely, creating the actual Trans Depathologization Network with the objective to organize an international campaign called Stop Trans Pathologization: Goal 2012. This campaign has the aim to realise an annual international call for action each October until 2012, date in which the next DSM-V will be published.
In 2009, a big step regarding the international diffusion of the campaign has been achieved. To date (October 16th), 200 groups from 40 countries and 7 international networks are supporting the campaign, and there will be mobilizations in 39 cities on October 17th 2009.
A Corunha Ankara Barcelona Berlin
Bilbao I Bilbao II Bogotá
Brussels Caracas Chile
Gazteiz Las Palmas Lisboa
Madrid Managua Paris
Quito
Rancagua Valencia
Zaragoza
Posters of actual campaign
For more information about the International Trans Depathologization Network: http://stp2012.wordpress.com/
The actual campaign and its manifesto
The organization form of the actual campaign follows the idea of a multifocal, decentralized network of groups that share a common demand: the removal of the Gender Identity Disorder from DSM-IV and ICD-10.
This year, the set data for demonstrations or actions worldwide is October 17th.
The interested groups/organizations are invited to support the campaign, as well as to organize a mobilization in their own context/city. The groups who started the campaign accorded five demands and a joint manifesto.
PDF Demands click here
PDF Manifesto click here
Each group and/or city that wants to realize an action on October 17th for Stop Trans Pathologization – Goal 2012, can redact their own local manifesto. The principal demand of the campaign (“The removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the international diagnosis manuals”) should be expressed in each manifesto. The four additional demands accorded by the Trans Depathologization Network can be taken into consideration, modified according to the local context, left out or completed.
For more information about the actual campaign: http://stp2012.wordpress.com/
To support the campaign and/or organize a mobilization in your local context, please write to: research[at]tgeu.org with the subject “JOIN STP 2012” and the following information:
Group / organization name:
Logo:
Country:
City:
Message: We join the campaign “Stop Trans Pathologization-2012″
TGEU’s Call for Action/Support: STOP TRANS PATHOLOGIZATION 2012
The European Transgender Network “Transgender Europe” (TGEU) supports the annual campaign of the Trans Depathologization Network and calls upon its member organizations and other European trans organizations as well as our allies in other world regions to join the campaign and organise actions in their cities or countries.
The Steering Committee of TGEU has adopted three additional demands in relation to the removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the DSM and ICD. We have added these demands because we want trans people to have access to health insurance funded hormones and surgery options without having to be pathologized as disordered in terms of their identity. We also want all trans people to be able to change their name and gender in all documents without requiring any compulsory medical treatment or diagnosis:
- The creation of an alternative non-pathologizing category in the ICD 11, recognizing that our gender identities are not mental health disorders while still enabling hormonal and surgical medical assistance to be provided for those trans-people who seek such assistance.
- The funding of hormonal and surgical medical assistance for trans people by national health insurance.
- The creation of processes for changing legal name and gender without compulsory treatment or any form of diagnosis.
However, every trans organization joining the campaign is free to choose their demands as long as the main demand is supported. We encourage participating organisations to choose their additional demands to best reflect their current national medical and legal situations.
We will collect actions that will take place on October 17th 2009 and we will document them in the following.
If you want to confirm the participation of your group, please send an email to research[at]tgeu.org with the subject “JOIN STP 2012” and the following information:
Group / organization name:
Logo:
Country:
City:
Message: We join the campaign “Stop Trans Pathologization-2012″
TGEU’s Call for Action/Support: STOP TRANS PATHOLOGIZATION 2012 click here
Supporters and participants 2009
To date (October 16th) 7 international networks and 200 groups from 40 countries support the campaign. There will be mobilizations in 39 cities on October 17th 2009.
This worldwide mobilization is demonstrated in the following map and documented in the paragraphs below.
Map showing the worldwide campaign
To see more detailed click here
Groups, which support the Campaign
World Total: 200 Groups / 7 International Networks / 40 Countries
World: 1 International Network
Trans Secretariat of ILGA World (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)
Europe: 118 Groups / 2 International Networks / 17 Countries
International: 2 International Networks
Transgender Europe (TGEU) => Additional Demands (click here)
NextGENDERation
Austria: 2 Groups
Transmann Österreich (Dornbirn)
Verein Diskursiv – Verein zur Verqueerung gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhänge (Vienna)
Belarus: 2 Groups
Belarussian initiative for sex and gender equality (Minsk)
Gay.by (Minsk)
Belgium: 9 Groups
Çavaria (Flandes)
Gay/lesbian archive and documentation centre
Genres Pluriels (Brussels)
Institut pour l’égalité des hommes et des femmes (Brussels)
La Lucarne (Liège)
MERHABA vzw-asbl (Brussels)
English-speaking Gay Group (Brussels)
Rainbow-House (Brussels)
Trans-Action (Brussels)
Croatia: 1 Group
Women’s Room – Center for Social Rights (Zagreb)
Denmark: 2 Groups
LBL Landsforeningen for Bosser og Lesbiske
Trans-Danmark (Kastrup)
France: 6 Groups
Association OUTrans (Paris)
CENTR’EGAUX (Paris)
Inter-Associative Lesbienne, Gaie, Bi et Trans (Inter-LGBT) (Paris)
Inter Trans’ (Paris)
MAG-Jeunes Gais, Lesbiennes, Bi et Trans (Paris)
Pink Freak’X (Montpellier)
Germany: 14 Groups
AB Queer e.V. (Berlin)
AK Queer Paradies (Jena)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität, DGTI e.V.
Gender-Wiki e.V. (Berlin)
Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung (Berlin, Cologne)
Lesben und Schwulen-Verband Deutschland (LSVD) (Berlin, Cologne)
Liminalis – Journal for Sex/Gender Emancipation and Resistance (Berlin)
miteinAnders (Jena)
TIA M. (Berlin)
Transgender Network Berlin TGNB (Berlin)
Transgender-Radio (Berlin)
Transinterqueer e.V.- TrIQ (Berlin)
Transsexualität und Menschenrecht (Ludwigsburg)
Wigstöckel – Transgender united e.V. (Berlin)
Malta: 1 Group
Malta Gay Rights Movement (Mosta)
Netherlands: 3 Groups
The Noodles (Amsterdam, Rotterdam)
Transgender Netwerk Nederland (Utrecht)
Transman.nl
Portugal: 5 Groups
GAT – Grupo Português de Activistas sobre Tratamentos de VIH/Sida Pedro Santos (Lisbon)
Panteras Rosa-Lisboa (Lisbon)
Panteras Rosa-Porto (Porto)
Portugal Gay (Porto)
UMAR – União Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta
Russian Federation (Russia): 1 Group
FtM Phoenix => Additional Demands (click here)
Serbia: 1 Group
LGBT Vojvodina
Slovenia: 1 Group
Association for Integration of Homosexuality (Ljubljana)
Spanish State (Spain): 64 Groups
7menos20 ( Gasteiz)
Aldarte (Bilbao-Bizkaia)
Área de Libertades Sexuales de Izquierda Unida
Ámbit de llibertats sexuals d’Iniciativa per Catalunya els Verds
Asamblea de Mujeres de Álava – Arabako Emakumeen Asanblada (Vitoria)
Asamblea de Mujeres de Bizkaia- Bizkaiko Emakume Asanblada (Bilbao)
Asociación Arrats (Donosti)
Associació de Casals i Grups de Joves de Catalunya
Asociación Cultural Ningún Lugar (Barcelona)
Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía- Sylvia Rivera (A.T.A.) (Sevilla)
Associació Cristiana de Gais i Lesbianes de Catalunya (Barcelona)
Asociación Galega Para a Saúde Sexual (A Corunha)
Associació Universitària Sin Vergüenza (Barcelona)
Arcadia LGTB Libertarios (Madrid)
ATC-Libertad (Barcelona)
Ca la Dona (Barcelona)
CAJEI -Coordinadora d’Assemblees de Joves de l’Esquerra Independentista- Països Catalans
COGAM (Madrid)
CGB – Col•lectiu Gai de Barcelona (Barcelona)
Col•lectiu de Transsexuals de Catalunya (Barcelona)
Colectivo Altihay (Fuerteventura)
Colectivo EXIT (Barcelona)
Colega Jaén (Jaén)
Colorets (València)
Conjuntos Difusos (Granada)
Corpus Deleicti (Barcelona)
DILDO Dones i Lesbianes Documentant-se (València)
Endavant (OSAN) (Catalunya)
Espace Cultural Ample (Barcelona)
Extremadura Entiende (Cáceres/Badajoz)
Gamá (Gran Canaria)
GAG – Grup d’Amics Gais (Barcelona)
Grup QK (Alacant)
Guerrilla Travolaka (Barcelona)
EHGAM (Bilbo-Donosti-Araba)
Federacion Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales (FELGTB)
Front d’Alliberament Gai de Catalunya-FAGC (Barcelona)
Iruña Kattalingorri (Iruña)
Komite Internazionalistak (Euskadi)
La Acera del Frente (Madrid)
La Quimera Rosa (Barcelona)
La Quinta Pata (Barcelona)
LAB Sindikatua (Euskadi)
Ladyfest Madrid (Madrid)
Lambda València (València)
Limes, Espais per a la recerca acciò
Maribolheras Precarias (Corunha)
MEDEAK (Bilbo-Donosti)
Meplanto (Madrid)
No te Prives (Murcia)
Observatori contra l’Homofòbia (Barcelona)
Panteras Rosa Galiza (Santiago)
Plataforma d’Activistes Sin Vergüenza (Barcelona)
POST-OP, plataforma de investigación de género y postpornografía (Barcelona)
Proxecto Derriba (Galiza)
Queerekintza (Bilbo)
Queer Flamingo’s (Valencia)
RQTR -Asociación LGTB de la UCM (Madrid)
Sindicato STEE-EILAS (Euskal Herria)
Stonewall Aragón (Zaragoza)
Towanda (Aragón)
Transexualidad Euskadi (Álava-Vizcaya-Gipúzcoa)
Xarxa d’Acció Trans-Intersex de Barcelona (Barcelona)
XEGA Colectivo LGTB de Asturias (Gijón)
Turkey: 2 Groups
Pink Life LGBTT Solidarity Association (Ankara)
Purple Hand LGBTT Solidarity Initiative (Ankara)
Ukraine: 1 Group
Insight NGO (Kiev) => additional demands (click here)
United Kingdom: 3 Groups
Changing Attitude (U.K.)
Gay Activists Alliance International (London)
Press for Change (Manchester)
Africa: 3 Groups / 3 Countries
Cameroun: 1 Group
Alternatives-Cameroun (Douala)
South Africa: 1 Group
Gender DynamiX (Cape Town)
Zambia: 1 Group
Trans Bantu (Lusaka)
The Americas: 72 Groups / 4 International Networks / 14 Countries
– Latin America and the Caribbean: 69 Groups / 4 International Networks / 12 Countries
– North America: 3 Groups / 2 Countries
Latin America and the Caribbean: 69 Groups / 4 International Networks / 12 Countries
International: 4 International Networks
Mulabi, Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Costa Rica y Colombia)
RED LAC TRANS (Red Latinoamerica y el Caribe de personas trans)
Red Latinoamericana y el Caribe de Acción Voluntaria en VIH/SIDA
Secretariado Trans para la Región Andina de Ilga-Lac
Argentina: 14 Groups
ALITT Asociación de Lucha por la Identidad Travestis Transexual (Buenos Aires)
Àrea de la Diversidad Sexual – Secretaría de Promoción Social (Rosario)
ATTTA red nacional (Associacion de travestis, transexuales, transgener@s de Argentina)
Cegla – Cristian@s GLTB (Buenos Aires)
Centro Cristiano de la Comunidad GLTTB (Buenos Aires)
Descalzos de Villa María (Ciudad de Villa María)
El mismo amor (Buenos Aires)
Equeerpo Cooltural Encuentro por la Diversidad (Córdoba)
Federación Argentina FALGTB (Argentina)
Fundación Buenos Aires Sida (Buenos Aires)
La Fulana (Buenos Aires)
Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación (Buenos Aires)
Organización Ciudadanas Trans (Buenos Aires)
Primera Escuela Cooperativa para Travestis Transexual Nadia Echazu (Buenos Aires)
Brazil: 6 Groups
Anis – Instituto de Bioética, Direitos Humanos e Gênero (Brasilia)
Associação da Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo (São Paulo)
Coletivo Stonewall (Curitiba, Paraná)
Grupo Identidade (Campinas)
Instituto APHRODITTE – Grupo organizado de articulacao para Inclusao social e Cidadania de Transexuais e Travestis (Sao Paulo)
Fórum Paulista de Transexuais e Travestis (Sao Paulo)
Chile: 6 Groups
CUDS, Coordinadora Universitaria por la Disidencia SexualChile (Chile)
Grupo de Apoyo a Hombres Trans (Chile)
Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (Movilh) (Chile)
Movimiento Unificado de Minorías Sexuales (Chile)
Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad (Chile)
Organización Trans “Amanda Jofré” (Santiago)
Colombia: 6 Groups
Asociación por el Derecho a la Identidad Cultural y Sexual de los y las Transgeneristas en Colombia Transcolombia (Bogotá)
Entre-Tránsitos (Bogotá)
Grupo de padres, madres y familiares de personas LGBT (Bogotá)
Mujeres al borde (Bogotá)
Santamaria Fundación (Cali)
Transcolombia (Bogotá)
Ecuador: 11 Groups
Casa Trans (Quito)
Grupo Femenino Silueta X – Alianza Exclusiva de Mujeres Transgeneros (Guayaquil)
Transtango (Quito)
Patrulla Legal (Quito)
Grupo de Teatro Sin Objeto Plausible (Quito)
Iniciativa Intersex Cuerpos del Medio (Quito)
Iniciativa Hombres Transfeministas (Quito)
Programa Salud en Cuerpos Distintos (Quito)
Trans Runakunawanmi Rimay (Quito)
Asociaciones de Trabajadoras Sexuales Trans La Y (Quito)
Gran Pasaje (Quito)
El Salvador: 2 Groups
Iglesia de la Comunidad Metropolitana de El Salvador (San Salvador)
Movimiento de la Diversidad Sexual y Derechos Humanos Trans (San Salvador)
Guatemala: 1 Group
Colectivo Amigos contra el Sida (Guatemala)
Mexico: 7 Groups
Código Diverso
Eon Integración Transgenérica (Mexico City)
Grupo Guerilla Gay
Fortaleciendo a la Diversidad A.C. (San Luis Potosí)
Frente Trans (Frente Ciudadano Pro-Derechos de Transexuales y Transgéneros (Mexico City)
Humana Nación Trans (Mexico City)
TVMEX -Travestis México (Mexico City)
Nicaragua: 4 Groups
Asociación Nicaraguense Trans Diversas Sexual-ANIT (Managua)
CEPRESI (Managua)
Grupo Lésbico Nicaragüense Safo (Managua)
Iniciativa desde la diversidad sexual por los derechos humanos-IDSDH (Managua)
Paraguay: 1 Group
Panambi (Paraguay)
Peru: 3 Groups
Asociacion Amigas por Siempre Promoviendo tus Derechos – AaxS (Callao)
Colectivo Claveles Rojos (Lima)
Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudios sobre Género (Lima)
Uruguay: 3 Groups
Voces del Arcoiris (Montevideo)
Hermanas de la perpetua indulgencia del Uruguay (Montevideo)
Grupo Fenix-Diversidad (Montevideo)
Venezuela: 5 Groups
C. Divas de Venezuela (Venezuela)
Iglesia de la Comunidad Metropolitana de Venezuela (Venezuela)
Fundación Reflejos de Venezuela (Venezuela)
Venezuela Diversa Asociacion Civil (Caracas-Maracaibo)
Diversidad e Igualdad a Través de la Ley DIVERLEX (Caracas)
North America: 3 Groups / 2 Countries
Canada: 1 Group
Politiq (Montreal)
United States of America: 2 Groups
EL-LA Program Para Trans-Latinas (San Francisco)
Global Justice Ministry (New York)
Asia: 7 Groups / 6 Countries
China: 1 Group
Women Coalition of HKSAR (Hongkong)
Israel: 2 Groups
Transgender Green Bloc (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem)
Panorama – bi and pansexual feminist community
Lebanon: 1 Group
Meem (Beirut)
Nepal: 1 Group
Blue Diamond Society (Kathmandu)
Philippines: 1 Group
Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PHILIPINAS) (Caloocan City)
Taiwan: 1 Group
Center for the Study of Sexualities (Chungli)
Individuals, who support the campaign
Europe
Belgium Régis Coursin (Brussels) Melody Dor (Brussels) Isaac Fosty (Namur) Laurence Ngosso (Brussels) N.C. Nicholls (Brussels) Camille Thillaye du Boullay (Brussels) Aurélie Vandeputte (Brussels) Hildegard Van Hove (Brussells) France Luca Grego (Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle) Vincent Guillot (Laniscat) Naïel Lemoine (Paris) Bastian Litchi (Lyon) Ben Matsas (Paris) Germany Dr. Carsten Balzer (Berlin) Chou-Chou de Briquette(Berlin) Julia Ehrt (Berlin) Annette Güldenring, Psychiatrist (Heide) Dr. Thamar Klein (Cologne) Anja Kofbinger (Member of Berlin Parliament) Juliette Valentin Emerson (Berlin) Portugal Claudia Belchior (Lisbon) Spanish State (Spain) Adriana Morales (Barcelona) Astr*d Suess (Granada) Diana Junyent Torres aka Pornoterrorista (Barcelona) Dr. Barbara Biglia (University Rovira and Virgili, Tarragona) Joan Herrera Torres (Barcelona) United Kingdom Dennis Hambridge(Oxford) => additional demands (click here)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Ariana Cano Ojeda
Flavia Cordoba
Ezequiel Martín
Brazil
Jorge Leite Jr (Sao Paulo)
Chile
Andrés Jujihara
Andrés Rivera Duarte
Andy Calderón
Angélica Valderrama
Alonso Jujihara
Claudia Aguilera
Conrado González
Cristian M. Silva
Felipe Rivas
Franco Fuica Fuica
Gloria Paredes Mendoza
Lukas Berredo
Julia Rojas
Magdalena Rivera Becker
Miguel Riquelme
Pilar Pezoa
Rosa Carolina Navarro Saez
Sebastián Benjamin
Seth Xavier Troncoso Moreno
Victoria Yañez Salas Mexico
Alexandro Bravo Aragón
Obispo Alfonso Leija Salas
Carla Johanna Lugo
Erica Sandoval
Xabier Lizarraga Cruchaga
Paraguay
Ivonne Lugo
Peru
Francis New Lozano
North America
Canada Déborah Elías USA Lynn Conway Justus Eisfeld (New York) => additional demands (click here) Asmond Gabriel (Las Vegas, Nevada) Dr. Bernardo Useche Aldana
Asia
Israel-Palestine
Liad Kantorowicz (Jaffa)
Israel
Yossef(a) Mekyton (Beer-Sheva)
Miscellaneous
Mª Natividad Abril Vargas Arantxa Cañamares Aguilar Oscar Duque C. Loyen Chris MacDonald-Dennis
Cities, in which demonstrations or manifestations etc. will take place
WORLD: 39 Cities in 20 Countries
Europe: 23 Cities in 7 Countries
Belgium
– Brussels
France
– Paris
– Lille
– Montpellier
Germany
– Berlin
Portugal
– Lisbon
Spanish State (Spain)
– Alicante
– Archena
– Barcelona
– Bilbao
– A Corunha
– Donostia
– Gasteiz
– Granada
– Jaén
– Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
– Madrid
– Santiago de Compostela
– Sevilla
– Valencia
– Zaragoza
Turkey
-Ankara
United Kingdom
– London
Latin America: 12 Cities in 9 Countries
Argentina
– Buenos Aires
Brazil
– Campinas
– Sao Paulo
Chile
– Rancagua
– Santiago de Chile
Colombia
– Bogotá
– Santiago de Cali
Ecuador
– Quito
Mexico
– Mexico-City
Nicaragua
– Managua
Peru
– Lima
Venezuela
– Caracas
North America: 2 Cities in 2 Countries
Canada
– Montreal
U.S.A.
– San Francisco
Asia: 2 Cities in 2 Countries
China
– Hongkong
Israel
– Jerusalem
Demands
MAIN DEMAND OF STOP TRANS PATHOLOGIZATION 2012 CAMPAIGN
The removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the international diagnosis manuals
Trans Depathologization Network Demands
Main Demand:
1. The removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the international diagnosis manuals
Additional Demands:
2. The retirement of sex mention in the official documents
3. The abolition of the binary normalization treatments to intersex people
4. Free access to hormonal treatments and surgery (without the psychiatric monitoring)
5. The fight against transphobia: working for education, social and labour insertion for trans people
Transgender Europe Demands
Main Demand:
1. The removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the international diagnosis manuals
Additional Demands:
2. The creation of an alternative non-pathologizing category in the ICD 11, recognizing that our gender identities are not mental health disorders while still enabling hormonal and surgical medical assistance to be provided for those trans-people who seek such assistance.
3. The funding of hormonal and surgical medical assistance for trans people by national health insurance.
4. The creation of processes for changing legal name and gender without compulsory treatment or any form of diagnosis.
Main Demand:
1. The removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the international diagnosis manuals
Additional Demands:
2. The creation of an alternative non-pathologizing category in the ICD 11, recognizing that our gender identities are not mental health disorders while still enabling hormonal and surgical medical assistance to be provided for those trans-people who seek such assistance.
3. The funding of hormonal and surgical medical assistance for trans people by national health insurance.