The Right to Health Care for Transsexual People in Cuba

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作者：
Roque, Alberto [1 ]
Rodriguez, R. Mayra [2 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Sex Educ Ctr CENESEX, Havana, Cuba
[2] CENESEX, Havana, Cuba
来源：
MEDICC REVIEW | 2012年 / 14卷 / 02期
关键词：
Transsexualism; gender identity; sexual health; sexual reassignment surgery; gender role; human rights; prejudice; sexism; Cuba;
D O I：
10.1590/S1555-79602012000200009
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Gender identity is a sociocultural construct based (in nearly every society) on a binary norm: female and male. Transsexual individuals suffer from intense family and social discrimination because they express a dissident sexuality incongruent with this norm. They assert they feel trapped in a body that does not belong to them, so they seek help from health professionals to modify their bodies, to "adapt their bodies to their minds." This essay discusses health care for transsexual persons in Cuba from a human rights perspective that does not pathologize their gender identification.
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页数：4
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