Trans Expertise and the Revision and Translation of ICD-11: An Analysis of Available French Data from a Trans Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals' depsychopathologization in the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) faces systemic discriminations built-in epistemic pipelines. Based on an analysis of unexploited data from ICD-11 and the French translation process, this article addresses power issues in participatory research and systemic discrimination within a socio-cultural context. We used a peer-driven participatory approach to conduct qualitative analyses of the French version of the ICD based on contributions from 72 TGD participants in the French study for ICD-11. The results highlight a major incongruence between participants' propositions and the final official translation. Alternative terms were proposed and discussed by participants in re

SUBMITTER: Baleige A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9564459 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature