The Strange Case of Northern Ireland's Disappearing Rights in the EU-UK Withdrawal Negotiations

Depathologising diversity: Trans children and families' experiences of pathologisation in the UK

“…Depathologisation at the global level of the World Health Organization will only be a significant step towards meaningful depathologisation if that global policy change feeds into national and sub-national policies, attitudes and practices (Murray, 2019b). Pathologisation was for many decades endorsed and legitimised within medical practice and social policy, with areas of pathologisation often unacknowledged or covert, and thus harder to acknowledge and dismantle (Global Action for Trans Equality, 2012).…”

“…At the same time, it is important to recognise the risk of depathologisation narratives reinforcing and propagating ableism. Human rights scholars, including disabled and neurodiverse trans scholars, have emphasised the importance of upholding the rights of all people, including trans people with mental health, developmental or learning disabilities (Murray, 2019a). Anti-trans actors attempt to challenge and dismiss trans rights, especially trans children's rights, based on an inaccurate claim that being trans is a mental illness (Thornton, 2021).…”