London trans activists call for boycott of sham demo on October 17th

[Shana A]

Loz ([info]blahflowers) wrote,
@ 2009-10-11 10:27:00

London trans activists call for boycott of sham demo on October 17th

http://blahflowers.livejournal.com/566525.html

We are a group of trans activists who wish to make known our concerns about a demo, claiming to support the depathologisation of trans people, in London on 17th of October. The facebook group for the demo can be found here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147494409183

The description of the event reads:

"Being transgendered is not a mental illness. We are simply part of the diversity of humanity. Gender Identity Disorder is therefore not a valid diagnosis. Homosexuality we removed as a mental health diagnosis diagnosis in 1987. For us to achieve true liberation and recognition we need to throw off this unjust stigma. We are not ill, just different"