ReviseF65
Encyclopedia
ReviseF65 is a committee that is working to get sexual sadism, masochism
, fetishism
and transvestic fetishism
abolished from the World Health Organization
's list of psychiatric diagnoses, ICD
. The committee is also involved in general work against discrimination and harassment of sadomasochists.
The committee was started at the national convention of LLH - the Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation
- in 1998. As part of the background for ReviseF65 was a national survey among the members of LLH in 1996, where a big majority of the members replied that they were against discrimination of leather
, SM and transgender
people.
However, the ReviseF65 committee is working for all sadomasochists, not only the gay
and lesbian
sadomasochists.
The committee has members from LLH, several Norwegian SM clubs, and professionals in sexology
, psychology
and psychiatry
in Norway
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. In 2000 the more than 50 member clubs of the gay leather umbrella organization European 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.
Sadism and masochism
Sadomasochism broadly refers to the receiving of pleasure—often sexual—from acts involving the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation. The name originates from two authors on the subject, Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch...
, fetishism
Fetishism
A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others...
and transvestic fetishism
Transvestic fetishism
Transvestic fetishism is having a sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing. It differs from cross-dressing for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal and is categorized as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association...
abolished from the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
's list of psychiatric diagnoses, ICD
ICD
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems is a medical classification that provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or disease...
. The committee is also involved in general work against discrimination and harassment of sadomasochists.
The committee was started at the national convention of LLH - the Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation
Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation
Landsforeningen for lesbisk og homofil frigjøring is a Norwegian "working politically and socially so that those who are gay, lesbian and bisexual can live openly without fear of being ostracized, discriminated, or harassed."The organization had its early beginnings in 1949, when the Danish...
- in 1998. As part of the background for ReviseF65 was a national survey among the members of LLH in 1996, where a big majority of the members replied that they were against discrimination of leather
Leather subculture
The leather subculture denotes practices and styles of dress organized around sexual activities. Wearing leather garments is one way that participants in this culture self-consciously distinguish themselves from mainstream sexual cultures...
, SM and transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
people.
However, the ReviseF65 committee is working for all sadomasochists, not only the gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
and lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
sadomasochists.
The committee has members from LLH, several Norwegian SM clubs, and professionals in sexology
Sexology
Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function. The term does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sex, such as political analysis or social criticism....
, psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
and psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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. In 2000 the more than 50 member clubs of the gay leather umbrella organization European Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs, ECMC, decided to support the Revise F65 effort.
ReviseF65 is supported by International Mister Leather
International Mister Leather
International Mister Leather is an international conference and contest of leathermen held annually in May since 1979 in Chicago, Illinois....
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 DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
has completely removed sadomasochism from its national classification of diseases. - On 1 January, 2009, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
removed sadomasochism, fetishism, transvestism, fetishistic transvestitism, multiple disorders of sexual preferences and gender identity disorder in youth from its national classification of diseases. - On 1 February, 2010, NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
removed fetishism, fetishistic transvestism, sadomasochism, multiple disorders of sexual preference, and transvestism from their version of the national classification of diseases.
Literature
- Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Charles Moser: Sadomasochism - Powerful Pleasures; Haworth Press; ISBN 978-1-56023-640-5