By skopje on Tue 19 Aug 2003 at 12:31
'How to remove SM and Fetish diagnoses'
Observe important changes and additions in the workshop venues and dates.
More info at http://www.revisef65.org
mail: sskeid@online.no
Workshop Manchester
Sunday August 24th at 1pm
Malmaison Hotel, Piccadilly (Gore St), (the mezzanine lounge)
Workshop Manchester (women only)
Sunday, August 24th at 2pm
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation, 15 Pritchard Street (off Charles Street)
Workshop London
Thursday August 28th 7pm-9pm
Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, (main bar)
• The stigma attached to SM and Fetish diagnoses is used to justify violence, harassment and persecution because of people‘s SM-preference.
• SM people lose their jobs and the custody of their children because their love and lifestyle is still considered as a disease.
• Even law court verdicts acquit self-identified murderers and rapists because the victims are stigmatized as sick perverts.
Fetishism, transvestism and sadomasochism are still considered mental illnesses by The World Health Organization, WHO and most countries, included the UK, despite the fact that US psychiatrists revised their DSM manual nine years ago, and Denmark, as the first European country, totally removed the SM diagnosis in 1995. Join the ReviseF65 efforts to remove these diagnoses from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)!
The ReviseF65 project is established with a mandate from the 1998 Convention of the Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation (LLH). Our efforts is so far supported by the Norwegian Association of Gay and Lesbian Physicians, the Norwegian Society for Clinical Sexology, the 1999 European Conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) and the 2000 General Assembly of the European Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs (ECMC).
The ReviseF65 group consists of Leather/SM/Fetish men and women representing organizations of Leather and SM gays, lesbians, bi- and heterosexuals, as well as professionals in sexology, psychology and psychiatry.
Join the mailing list: to be informed and have your voice heard, join the e-mail discussion group at www.revisef65.org/moderator.html .
From Thursday 21st August to Monday 25th August, you can contact Svein Skeid and Eric Barstad at The Rembrandt Hotel, 33 Sackville Street, Manchester, rembrandthotel@aol.com , tel: 0161 236 1311.
From Tuesday 26st August to Sunday 31st August, you can contact us at Blades Hotel, 122 Belgrave Road, Victoria, London, info@blades-hotel.co.uk , tel 020 7976 5552.
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http://ukfetish.info/index.cgi?article=316
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