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WHO Removes Transgender Identities from List of Disorders: Der Aaye Durast Aaye!
The World Health Organization finally removed transgender identities from its list of diseases and health problems. According to the latest revision of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), gender identities disorders have been reframed as “gender incongruence” and is now moved under chapter on “sexual health”, rather then listed under “mental disorders”. Many nations, including India,…
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Being a transgender not a mental condition: WHO makes a historical shift in stance
Identifying oneself as a transgender is no longer a mental illness, as per the new classification of diseases by the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on 18th June 2018. Until now, ‘gender incongruence,’ where a person experiences conflict in assigned sex and experienced gender was listed under Mental Health conditions in WHO’s global manual of…
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