INHUMANE PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS MET WITH PROTEST: Transgender people and lesbian and gay youth from around the country will protest in Chicago on October 19 at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference. They will challenge the APA's use of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) to diagnose a disease and stigmatize individuals who transcend gender norms.
Additionally, activists will educate the public and the psychiatric community about the ways that GID is being used to hospitalize and victimize teenagers who identify as transgender, lesbian, gay and bisexual. For more information contact Riki Anne Wilchins (GenderPAC) at (212) 645-1753, e-mail: riki@pipeline.com.

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