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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/12/03/1271431/apa-revises-manual-being-transgender-is-no-longer-a-mental-disorder/?mobile=nc

This commentary from Black and Pink is worth thinking about in terms of the shift of taking away the diagnosis for GID:

Other folks who work with transgender people in prison, are you feeling concerned about this? We at Black and Pink are worried how this could play out based on the strategy thus far around “medical necessity for treatment. Also, as the al

ways brilliant Reina stated, “this is actually a pretty complicated ruling b/c a lot of low income, trans people of color rely on GID diagnosis in order to access Social Security benefits and much needed medical care that would be “cosmetic” otherwise. there’s also an underlying current of anti-mental illness and the push back to not be described as “crazy” or mentally ill, rather than pushing back against the pathologizing process/medical system in general.”
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Support Black & Pink. Clickie through to like them on Facebook.

Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. Our work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experience of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing.

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