Trans suicide as a ground against childhood diagnosis

Invisible for the lay audience advocates and medical establishment fight a struggle for the acceptance of gender diversity in children. The recent suicide of Leelah Alcorn in Ohio gives a very clear argument for depathologisation and against a childhood diagnosis for “gender incongruence”

Genetic basis of gender found. Again.

There is a social stigma that transsexualism is simply a lifestyle choice; however, our findings support a biological basis of how gender identity develops. (Dr. V. Harley, Prince Henry Inst. of Medical Research, Melbourne) Again researchers claim to have found the cause of male to female transsexualism. As usual it would be a genetic deviation. …

Reading between the lines

International Day for Trans Depathologization, interview with Mauro Cabral, co-director of Global Activists for Trans* Equality The news announces it this way: “For the first time in history, the World Health Organization (WHO) will throw out transsexuality from the chapter on ‘Mental and Behavioral Disorders’”. But (full) depathologization of gender diversity still seems a remote …

Training “Know your rights!” Registration open!

To fight for your rights, you first have to know them. Vreerwerk offers an opportunity for this. On December 9, just before Human Rights Day, we will start with an online training in human rights concerning trans* and intersex issues. In four webinars you will get to know the human rights systems of Europe and …

Trans*, health and human rights

Trans people are seriously disadvantaged by not having accessible trans specific health care. As by not being able to access regular health care because of transphobia and discrimination. Vreerwerk keeps writing and talking about trans health and trans* people’s access to health care. Be it general health care or trans specific. With much discrimination – whether …

Bijdrage aan ronde tafel LHBT emancipatiebeleid Nederland

Onze bijdrage aan de recente Ronde Tafel LHBT emancipatie draait om cisheteronormativiteit en andere, betere zorg als middelen voor een beter transleven. De minister van OCW – verantwoordelijk voor (LHBT)-emancipatie vroeg om input voor de komende periode, een halverwege evaluatie dus. Dit is wat wij schreven. VREERWERK OVER (LHB)T EMANCIPATIE De hoofdlijnenbrief OCW Emancipatie meldt …

June 10 start of online training

On June 10 we will start the next online training “Fighting for trans* and intersex equality through human rights”. In five bi-weekly two hour webinars you will get information on the following themes: Human rights systems, global and regional Conventions, charters, courts. Selected cases, important wins Trans & Intersex rights & issues, Yogyakarta Principles Threats …

Hoe “nodig” is transchirurgie?

Vertaling van Pablo Vergara Perez’ “Que tratamientos necesitamos las personas trans y por que? Eerder verschenen op la Transtienda. Er is een eeuwig debat over de vraag of de trangenderzorg nou wel of niet gefinancierd moet worden. Is deze echt nodig? Als transgender geen ziekte is, hoe rechtvaardig je de speciale zorg dan? Kun je de …