Democratising diagnoses? The role of the depathologisation perspective in constructing corporeal trans citizenship

What is it about?

This work considers the impact of the depathologization movement surrounding transgender/transsexual diagnoses on the new diagnoses, healthcare, and legal frameworks and reforms. It argues that the depathologization movement as had little impact within healthcare, but legal frameworks are utilizing the same discourses as human rights frameworks such as bodily integrity, self-determination and patient centred.

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Why is it important?

This is important because we show a distinct incongruence between legal framework, which depathologize trans, intersex and non-binary people and diagnostic frameworks, which continue to do so even though their diagnostics are contested.

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