- ReviseF65
ReviseF65 is a committee that is working to get sexual sadism, masochism,
fetishism andtransvestic fetishism abolished from theWorld Health Organization 's list ofpsychiatric diagnoses,ICD . The committee is also involved in general work against discrimination and harassment ofsadomasochist s.The committee was started at the national convention of LLH - the
Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation - in1998 . As part of the background for ReviseF65 was a national survey among the members of LLH in1996 , where a big majority of the members replied that they were against discrimination of leather, SM andtransgender people.However, the ReviseF65 committee is working for all sadomasochists, not only the
gay andlesbian sadomasochists.The committee has members from LLH, several Norwegian SM clubs, and professionals in
sexology ,psychology andpsychiatry inNorway and other countries.The committee is working nationally in Norway, but also internationally. ReviseF65 is spreading information about
sadomasochism and the situation of sadomasochism in connection with national laws and the ICD. Members of the committee have taken part in several workshops, congresses and seminars both in Norway and in other countries.At its
1999 conference the umbrella organization for European gay and lesbian rights, European ILGA, issued a statement supporting the efforts to remove the diagnoses from the ICD. In2000 the more than 50 member clubs of the gay leather umbrella organizationEuropean Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs , ECMC, decided to support the Revise F65 effort.ReviseF65 is supported by
International Mister Leather 2003,John Pendal .The leader of the ReviseF65 committee is
Svein Skeid .ReviseF65 is now by far the most active and visible group working with sexual politics and human rights for sadomasochists and fetishists in Norway.
Background Information
* In 1995 as the first EU country
Denmark has completely removed sadomasochism from its national classification of diseases. [compare [http://www.revisef65.org/denmark.html] ]References
Literature
* Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Charles Moser: Sadomasochism - Powerful Pleasures; Haworth Press; ISBN 978-1-56023-640-5
*External links
* [http://www.revisef65.org ReviseF65's website]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reviseF65 ReviseF65's forum/mailing list on Yahoo]
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