{"id":212,"date":"2011-04-27T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T15:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2011-04-27T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T15:01:20","slug":"homosexuality-gender-identity-disorder-and-the-politics-of-depathologization-alternatives-2006-conference-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/entry\/212","title":{"rendered":"“Homosexuality, Gender Identity Disorder, and the Politics of Depathologization”–Alternatives 2006 Conference Keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going through my computer, and found this slide from the keynote speech at Alternatives 2006 conference, an annual gathering of mental health client\/consumer self-advocates and allies funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a branch of the federal government (with its baggage–read “Anatomy of an Epidemic” author Robert Whitaker’s experience<\/a> of being invited, dis-invited, and then re-invited by the conference organizers<\/a> due to his politics).<\/p>\n

It was at this conference my bio simply stated that I was “an advocate” without specifically mentioning what sort of advocacy I do, because words like “intersex,” “transgender,” “queer,” “sex worker,” and others were unacceptable to SAMHSA (at least under Bush administration). Anyway, here’s the slide I used for my talk, which is pretty straightforward…<\/p>\n