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These are the 99 percent, or at least they used to be.
- Boy’s death highlights US health debate
- Study links 45,000 U.S. deaths to lack of insurance
- Deaths at West Virginia Mine Raise Issues About Safety
- Investigators: Massey Energy Falsified Safety Record at Upper Big Branch Mine
- Massey Energy CEO to retire amid mine probes
- Suicides in the downturn raise worries about recession’s real cost
- Record 2.9 Million U.S. Properties Receive Foreclosure Filings in 2010 Despite 30-Month Low in December
- U.S. Suicide on Rise: Middle-Aged at Risk
- New Estimate Puts Gulf Oil Leak at 205 Million Gallons
- Presidential Panel Blames Companies for ‘Avoidable’ Gulf Oil Spill
- BP CEO Tony Hayward to Resign, Get $17 Million in Severance
- At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing
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Removing Gender Identity Disorder From The ICD
“Greetings from GATE - Global Action for Trans* Equality!
As you may or may not know, the World Health Organization (WHO) has started the process of reviewing the International Classification of Diseases (known as ICD-10), with the goal of publishing a new version, ICD-11 in a few years. Undoubtedly, this is a historical moment for trans* movements worldwide: we have the chance and the challenge of formulating a proposal to send to the WHO working group addressing trans* issues in the context of ICD reform. This proposal should not only remove all pathologizing references (such as “transsexualism”, placed under Mental and Behavioural Disorders and “fetishistic transvestism”, placed under Sexual Preference Disorders); it should also grant access to medical procedures and to legal recognition that depend on ICD codes. The proposal must be sent to the WHO working group by mid December 2011.
Given the short time to produce it, and the need of having a proposal reflective of the situation of trans* people in as many parts of the world as possible, we have chosen a dual approach. GATE will coordinate the elaboration of a proposal, the first draft of which will be produced by an international group of experts, chosen on the basis of their work on trans* people’s healthcare needs, ICD and healthcare reform processes, human rights mechanisms, psycho-medical issues, legal issues and trans* activism. Our goal is to bring together in a geo-politically and otherwise diverse group, while respecting the limited financial and time resources that we have available. However, broad input from all trans* communities will be necessary to produce the fist draft and to turn it into the final proposal to be submitted to the WHO, recognizing that people working at the national level have the expertise required to effectively connect their own psycho-medical and legal systems with the ICD. Your participation is key!
How to participate in this process?
- Right now. Please, submit as soon as possible all relevant information on these issues (and others that you could consider appropriate): (1) What kind of diagnostic reference is necessary in your country to have access to surgical, hormonal or other gender affirming procedures? (i.e., “gender identity disorder”); (2) What kind of diagnostic reference is necessary in your country to have access to legal recognition? (i.e., “true transsexualism”); (3) Are there other diagnosis included within the ICD that are used to classify trans* people? How are they applied? If we propose significant changes to the ICD, will that prohibit trans* people from accessing healthcare and legal gender recognition? What kind of changes would be useful in your work?
- After the first draft is released. We’ll need you to read it very carefully, to study if the proposal will work in the context of your own health and legal systems and to send us all comments, suggestions and missing information to be incorporated into the final version of the proposal.
- After the final version of the proposal is completed. To improve decisively its chances of being included, the proposal will need your group/network/individual endorsement. It will also require all possible other endorsements, especially those coming from academic, professional and governmental institutions.
- If the proposal is included into the ICD-11, we all must advocate in favor of the adoption of this new text at the WHO before our governments.
If you have questions, comments or suggestions, and/or want to submit information to be included in the proposal, please contact us at icd[at]transactivists.org . Thank you!”Please reblog so people from as many different countries as possible read this!
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I need them, I fucking hate putting on condoms, seems to be such a struggle for some reason with my teeny tiny penis.
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Apple Ice Creams with Brandy Caramel
25g butter
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
¼ cup golden syrup
¼ cup cold water
pinch salt
1x tin (400g) sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla essence/extract
2 Tbsp brandy
apples (use nice round red ones that ‘stand up’ nicely)
ice cream
chopped nutsPlace the butter in a saucepan and melt it gently. Add the brown sugar, golden syrup, water and salt. Heat gently at first and stir constantly as the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, still stirring, until the mixture really bubbles like mad. Reduce the heat, and add the condensed milk, vanilla and brandy. Stir until it’s nicely combined and a good caramel colour, then take it off the heat.
Cut the top bit off the apple, and scoop out all the inside flesh. I used a melon baller which was handy, I’m sure a teaspoon would do the trick. If you want to do this more than 5 minutes before serving, squeeze lemon juice over the apple to stop it browning. Fill the apple with a scoop or two of ice cream, and drizzle with the warm caramel (if the caramel has thickened while you got the apples ready, just gently heat it again, or add one more dash of brandy). Top with chopped nuts and serve.
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