GNDS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex Reassignment Surgery, Harry Benjamin, Trans Woman

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Gender Studies
• Course: GNDS 120
• Professor: Scott Morgensen

Document Summary

Pathologising label putting people in a box. Diagnosis takes away identity or creates a new one, as sick . Gender identity disorder rejecting of the person"s perceived gender. Diagnosis and statistical manual of mental disorders used as the bible for. Diagnosing is needed for people to be able to get transgender related treatment (hormones / gender reassignment surgery) Harry benjamin created the standards of care for trans people a prescribed path for trans people to follow, must have psychotherapy before receiving hormones. You were expected to transition and then disappear into the world of traditional gender norms. Only white women were given the standards of care at first. Miss major - you had to exaggerate in order to get treatment, dress in women"s clothes, with make up, say you hate your penis. Transgender is an umbrella term for many genders who identify as something other than their sex assigned at birth. Lgbt+ makes people think that trans is a sexuality.