Next October 23 the trans movement is going to carry out various actions as part of the Stop Trans Pathologization Campaign. These actions are pushed by the International Network for Trans Depathologization, which works to eliminate stigma and the pathological focus on trans identities set in the DSM and CIE diagnostic manuals. Its motto: "Trans identities are not a disease"

The campaign of October 17 2009 mobilized more than 40 cities throughout the world. This reflected the impact of the call for depathologization, stressing its global significance for the trans community. Hopefully the event will gather an even larger amount of activists from different cities, committed to the following objectives of the campaign, next October 23, 2010:

1. The removal of TIG from the international manuals of diagnosis (its next versions DSM-V and CIE-11).

2. The removal of the mention of sex from official documents

3. The abolition of treatments of binary normalization for intersex people.

4. Free access to hormonal treatments and surgeries (without the psychiatric trusteeship)

5. The fight against transphobia: educational efforts and the inclusion of trans persons in society and the labor process

STOP-2012 campaign has become a global point of reference for defending the rights of the trans community.

Source: www.ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mBGt6bB1GM