Trans activists infuriated by doctors in charge of gender identity definitions

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Trans activists infuriated by doctors in charge of gender identity definitions

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7/7/2008

"The appointment of two Toronto doctors to a committee revising medical definitions of gender identity has infuriated trans people across North America.

Trans activists are also worried that Kenneth Zucker and Ray Blanchard both work at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), which will decide who is eligible for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) once it is relisted under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.

The two are part of a working group addressing sexual and gender identity for revisions to the US-based American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is viewed as a definitive guide for mental health professionals in North America."