{"id":6991,"date":"2010-10-01T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:58:51","slug":"october-2010-eastern-and-southern-african-trans-and-intersex-regional-exchange-programme-joins-the-stop-trans-pathologization-stp2012-campaign-eastern-and-southern-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/october-2010-eastern-and-southern-african-trans-and-intersex-regional-exchange-programme-joins-the-stop-trans-pathologization-stp2012-campaign-eastern-and-southern-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2010 \u2014 Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme Joins the Stop Trans Pathologization (STP2012) Campaign, Eastern and Southern Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2010 \u2014 Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme Joins the Stop Trans Pathologization (STP2012) Campaign, Eastern and Southern Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2010, the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, launched in May 2010 by South Africa&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/genderdynamix.org.za\/\"><strong>Gender DynamiX (GDX)<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u00a0and Uganda\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/2008-founding-of-the-support-initiative-for-people-with-atypical-sex-development-sipd-uganda\/\"><strong><em>Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD)<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/reddespattrans.ourproject.org\/stp2012\/en\">Stop Trans Pathologization (STP2012) Campaign<\/a>, a campaign advocating for the depathologisation of trans identities (transsexual and transgender) and their retirement from the American Psychiatric Association&#8217;s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders \u2014 4 (DSM-4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Stop-Trans-Pathologization-Campaign.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6992\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0225241078341663;width:679px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Stop-Trans-Pathologization-Campaign.png 227w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Stop-Trans-Pathologization-Campaign-150x147.png 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Stop-Trans-Pathologization-Campaign-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Exchange Programme&#8217;s submission to the Campaign consisted of a video clip produced by Robert Hamblin with quotes from Eastern and Southern African activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Stop Trans Pathologisation\/Pathologization Campaign - Africa\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g5o4wsyPDIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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