Gender equality political transition annotated bibliography undp 2013
Overview of gender transition timeline
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_________________________________________ 1 Psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, nurse, or family medicine doctor with specific training in behavioral health and counseling. - As stated in WPATH Standards of Care V.7 - http://www.wpath.org/documents/Standards%20of%20Care%20V7%20-%202011%20WPATH.pdf 2 Gender Dysphoria refers to discomfort or distress that is caused by a discrepancy between a person’s gender identity and that person’s sex assigned at birth. 3 WPATH released statement on de-psychopathologisation; May 2010 - http://www.wpath.org/documents/de-psychopathologisation%205-26-10%20on%20letterhead.pdf Transgender is a term that refers to people who live as a gender different from the sex they were assigned at birth. Many transgender people feel as if they were born in the “wrong body”. When someone decides to undergo the process to change their body to match the gender they have always felt themselves to be, they start the process commonly referred to as gender transition. Many people, in all different communities seek the advice of mental health professionals 1 when experiencing a life altering change. Transgender people are no exception, although it is important to note that the process is different for each person. For many, the path of gender transition can be a lifelong journey. Many may continue to seek professional care (medical & mental) throughout their life to help ease Gender Dysphoria. 2 It is a common misconception that transgender people are, by definition, diagnosed with a mental illness; this is not true. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health explains that transgender people represent a “culturally-diverse human phenomenon, which should not be judged as inherently pathological or negative.” WPATH goes on to conclude that claiming a transgender person has a mental illness can prompt stigma rendering them more vulnerable to social and legal exclusion, which can subsequently increase risks to mental and physical well-being. 3 Overwhelmingly, gender transitions successfully allow people to live a well-adjusted life with a gender expression consistent with their gender identity. For more information about transgender people visitwww.transpeoplespeak.org and www.masstpc.org
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_________________________________________ 1 Psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, nurse, or family medicine doctor with specific training in behavioral health and counseling. - As stated in WPATH Standards of Care V.7 - http://www.wpath.org/documents/Standards%20of%20Care%20V7%20-%202011%20WPATH.pdf 2 Gender Dysphoria refers to discomfort or distress that is caused by a discrepancy between a person’s gender identity and that person’s sex assigned at birth. 3 WPATH released statement on de-psychopathologisation; May 2010 - http://www.wpath.org/documents/de-psychopathologisation%205-26-10%20on%20letterhead.pdf
Transgender is a term that refers to people who live as a gender different from the sex they were assigned at birth. Many transgender people feel as if they were born in the “wrong body”. When someone decides to undergo the process to change their body to match the gender they have always felt themselves to be, they start the process commonly referred to as gender transition. Many people, in all different communities seek the advice of mental health professionals1 when experiencing a life altering change.
Transgender people are no exception, although it is important to note that the process is different for each person. For many, the path of gender transition can be a lifelong journey. Many may continue to seek professional care (medical & mental) throughout their life to help ease Gender Dysphoria.2 It is a common misconception that transgender people are, by definition, diagnosed with a mental illness; this is not true. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health explains that transgender people represent a “culturally-diverse human phenomenon, which should not be judged as inherently pathological or negative.” WPATH goes on to conclude that claiming a transgender person has a mental illness can prompt stigma rendering them more vulnerable to social and legal exclusion, which can subsequently increase risks to mental and physical well-being.3 Overwhelmingly, gender transitions successfully allow people to live a well-adjusted life with a gender expression consistent with their gender identity.
For more information about transgender people visitwww.transpeoplespeak.org and www.masstpc.org
