National Sex Education Center, Havana, Cuba.
MEDICC Rev. 2012 Apr;14(2):35-8. doi: 10.37757/MR2012V14.N2.9.
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.
性别认同是一种社会文化建构，几乎在每个社会中都基于一种二元规范：女性和男性。跨性别人士遭受强烈的家庭和社会歧视，因为他们表达的性取向与这种规范不一致。他们声称自己感到被困在一个不属于自己的身体里，因此他们寻求医疗专业人员的帮助来改变自己的身体，以“使身体适应自己的内心”。本文从不将其性别认同病态化的人权角度探讨古巴跨性别人士的医疗保健问题。
