REPATH: Episode 3 - The Tipping Point (2010-2026)

How did transgender identification move out of psychiatry? REPATH Episode 3 traces the de-psychopathologization of gender dysphoria from WPATH's 2010 statement to the 2022 SOC8, and why the 2010s were the tipping point.

In this episode of the REPATH series, Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley walk through the key milestones in the de-psychopathologization process: the WPATH 2010 statement, DSM-5's shift from "Gender Identity Disorder" to "Gender Dysphoria" (2013), ICD-11's move from "dysphoria" to "incongruence" (2018), WPATH's declaration of medical necessity (2016), and the release of the WPATH Standards of Care 8 (2022).

REPATH is a Genspect campaign calling for the restoration of psychiatric and psychological safeguards in the care of gender-related distress.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(01:15) Recap of Episode 2

(11:07) WPATH De-Psychopathologization Statement (2010)

(13:20) WPATH SOC7 and Ehrensaft (2012)

(22:32) DSM-5: From Disorder to Dysphoria (2013)

(28:33) The Tipping Point (2014)

(36:45) Schools (2015)

(40:52) WPATH Declares Medical Necessity (2016)

(45:54) ICD-11: Dysphoria to Incongruence (2018)

(51:16) Littman ROGD Study (2018)

(01:00:07) WPATH SOC8: Eunuchs In, Ethics Out (2022)

(01:09:04) Technology

(01:12:21) Mia Introduced DePath, Albuquerque (2025)