Call to Action: International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016

This year's International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization is approaching, taking place on Saturday, October 22, 2016.

As in previous years, on this day and in the course of October activist groups throughout the world will organize demonstrations and other actions demanding trans depathologization.

The slogan of the 2016 Call to Action is:

Stop Pathologizing Gender and Bodily Diversity

If you would like to participate in the International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016 and organize an action in your city, please send us a message.

In order to view STP's Call to Action published on August 9, 2016:
http://www.stp2012.info/old/en/news#call_to_action2016

The main objectives of STP are the removal of the classification of gender transition processes as a mental disorder from the diagnostic manuals (DSM of the American Psychiatric Association and ICD of the World Health Organization), access to state-funded trans health care, a change of the trans health care model, from an assessment towards an informed consent approach, legal gender recognition without medical requirements, depathologization of gender diversity in childhood, as well as protection from transphobic violence.

This website aims to visibilize the objectives, manifestos and actions of this Campaign, as well as the list of collective and individual supporters.

Since 2009, STP launches each year the Call to Action for the International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization, with activities being organized in cities all over the world throughout the month of October.

In October 2016, more than 120 actions took place in 47 cities worldwide within the International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016.

Furthermore, at the moment (October 2016), STP counts on the support of 410 activism groups and networks, public institutions and political organizations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania.

Apart from the annual call for action in October, during the year STP carries out information, networking and lobbying activities for trans depathologization.

Currently, trans depathologization activism continues to focus on the revision process of the

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems

(ICD), which is published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The expected approval

date of ICD-11 by the World Health Assembly is 20184

.

As noted in previous press releases5,6,7

, we believe that the removal of trans-specific categories

from the ‘Mental and behavioural disorders’ Chapter and the inclusion of a trans-specific

 1 STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization. STP launches the Call to Action for the

International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016, August 9, 2016. Available at:

http://www.stp2012.info/old/en/news#call_to_action2016 2 STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization. Acciones Octubre 2016 / October 2016 Actions.

Available at: http://stp2012.info/old/en/press#october2016_actions

3 STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization. Support. Available at:

http://stp2012.info/old/en/supports 4 WHO, World Health Organization. The International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision is due by

2018. Available at: http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/revision/en/ 5 GATE, Global Action for Trans* Equality, STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization. GATE

and STP Press Release: New Developments in the ICD Revision Process, August 19, 2014. Available at:

http://www.stp2012.info/old/en/news#information_ICD_revision_process

6 STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization. STP Press Release: International Day of Action

for Trans Depathologization 2014. 

Available at:

http://www.stp2012.info/STP_Press_Release_October_2014.pdf

7 STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization. 

STP Press Release: International Day of Action

for Trans Depathologization 2015. Available at:

http://www.stp2012.info/STP_Press_Release_October2015.pdf