Topic: Health

Resolution

Whereas people are naturally endowed with a wide diversity of gender expression, identities, and sexual orientations;

Whereas, the distress felt by gender non-conforming people is fundamentally due to social prejudice and heterosexism, and is not a characteristic of their identities;

Whereas diagnosis of psychological disorders has been used as a form of social control;

Whereas, the inclusion of normal variations of behavior as diagnostic criteria has been widely used to justify discrimination against gender non-conforming people by individuals, governments, and corporations; and has resulted in material harm to people;

Whereas, the principle responsibility of medicine is to "Do No Harm;"

Therefore, be it resolved that we find the American Psychiatric Association to have a responsibility to ameliorate this harm, and hereby call for the following remedies:

(1) We hereby call on the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association to issue a declaration stating that: Gender variance, and gender non-conforming behavior do not constitute a psychological disorder;

(2) We hereby call on the American Psychiatric Association to remove the diagnosis of so- called "Transvestic Fetishism," which explicitly pathologizes gender non-conforming behavior, from their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual;

(3) We hereby call for the reform of any diagnosis that can be made solely based on gender non-conforming behavior, specifically including “Gender Identity Disorder in Children.”

Resolved this day May 15, 2009 by the Board of Directors of
The International Foundation for Gender Education

Sweden: November 16, 2008

Transvestism, along with six other sexual behaviours, will be struck from Sweden

Alameda County, CA -- Access to quality health care is a vital issue within Alameda County's transgender community. In response to years of not being able to find or afford doctors knowledgeable about transgender health issues, community leaders and elected officials have called a Town Hall to explore county-wide solutions to this important issue. The July 25th (2007) meeting will be the first time that the County has come together in this kind of setting to talk about increasing the quality of life for transgender people.

A Special Opportunity for Transgender Marylanders and Health and Human Services Providers

Transgender Health Forums: A Meeting of the Minds

DATES:

Consumer Forum - July 28, 2007: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Provider Forum - August 7, 2007: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Consumer/Provider Forum - August 24, 2007: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

LOCATION:

University of Baltimore
William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 W. Mount Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201

March 1, 2006

Fenway Community Health would like to thank all of the community members and clients who took time to come to our two open forum town hall meetings and update everyone on some of the Transgender Health initiatives we are undertaking.