Over the last few years, an increased discussion on the appropriateness of removing or maintaining the diagnostic code “Gender Incongruence of Childhood” (GIC), proposed in the ICD-11 Beta Draft, can be observed. As mentioned by Winter, De Cuypere, Green, Kane, and Knudson (2016), the removal of the GIC code has been supported by international trans activist networks, health professionals, individual scholars, as well as the European Parliament. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) revealed a split position in 2013, with 14:14 votes pro/against the GIC code in the Consensus Meeting in San Francisco…