What has the fight against trans pathologization meant for psychology?

Abstract

The depathologization of trans identities in the latest version of the ICD is not yet consistent with an inclusive vision in clinical practice. The trans-affirmative approach tries to establish new accompaniment practices, moving away from paternalistic biomedical traditions. But in recent years, critical approaches to STS studies and gender studies have come to counteract the need to catalog trans-bodily and affective experiences under labels such as dysphoria or incongruity. According to these approaches, not entirely hegemonic, pathologization is a sociocultural symptom, and individualizing it entails the danger of blaming the subjects for problems of recognition and tolerance that societies themselves have. Thus, the processes to be carried out so that the paradigm shift towards depathologization is comprehensive and substantial will be analyzed. The hypothesis to be confirmed is that there can be no structural change in terms of trans depathologization, without intercultural dialogues, and without examining the different speeds with which Western societies advance at the level of inclusion. Faced with this tension, psychology has much to learn from citizen participation in health