User:Tamzin/Medicalization of transgender identities

This is a very rough outline. Will move to draftspace once I start filling it in.

Sources seem about evenly split between "identity" and "identities". Going with "identities" as it's a bit broader, and seems more accurate: In some cases different trans identities (transmasculine vs. transfeminine vs. neutral, binary vs. nonbinary) are medicalized differently.

Definition of medicalization of transgender identities. Origins according to RS. First usage of the term "medicalization" to refer to it.

Context of intersection of trans-ness and medicine. Emergence of the concept of transsexualism in the '50s, and of Gender Identity Disorder in the '80s.

Legal victories based on medicalized conceptualization. Brief history of countries defining trans-ness, or gatekeeping access to legal transition, on medical grounds. Increase in criticism. Rejection by WPATH.

Rise of medicalized arguments for trans legitimacy, within and without the trans community. Initial criticism. Shift away from those arguments. Emergence of transmedicalism as movement explicitly supporting a medicalized definition of trans-ness. Enduring controversiality of the topic.

Prior to the 20th century
Discussion of the importance (and/or lack thereof) of medicine in trans identities pre-20th century, and sources tying this to present-day medicalization. [TBD how much can be written on this; depends on further investigation of sources.]

Medical breakthroughs in the 20th century
Vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, HRT, etc.

Psychological attitudes
Birth and evolution of GID as diagnosis.

Legal context
Corbett v Corbett in the UK; M.T. v. J.T. and progeny in the U.S. Compare and contrast attitudes to medical transition.

Intertwining of legal rights and medical status for trans people. Special focus on: U.S., UK, Sweden, Japan.

History through R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [if sources will take it that far].

Rise of medicalization
Rise of medicalized arguments for the legitimacy of trans identities, not just in the legal setting.

Resistance
Initial criticism of, and debate over, medicalization.

Shift and ongoing conflict
Groups such as WPATH move away from medicalization. Trans rights groups push to remove it from legal requirements. Issues with inapplicability to nonbinary people.

Transmedicalism and the '10s Tumblr culture wars. Ongoing controversy with cases like Buck Angel's.