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Title: European Parliament calls for end of classifying tg people as mentally ill
Post by: Padma on September 30, 2011, 03:08:43 AM
Post by: Padma on September 30, 2011, 03:08:43 AM
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/09/29/european-parliament-calls-for-end-of-classifying-transgender-people-as-mentally-ill/ (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/09/29/european-parliament-calls-for-end-of-classifying-transgender-people-as-mentally-ill/)
European Parliament calls for end of classifying transgender people as mentally ill
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the World Health Organisation to stop classifying transgender people as mentally ill.
'Gender identity disorder' is currently classified as a 'mental and behavioural disorder' in the WHO's International Classification of Diseases.
Many transgender people and clinicians prefer to use the term 'gender dysphoria'. While the causes are not yet known, research has suggested genetic and hormonal reasons.
The WHO's International Classification of Diseases is currently under review with the next list to be finalised in 2015.
Until 1990, the body classed homosexuality as a mental illness.
Dutch MEP Emine Bozkurt, who authored the amendment, said: "Transgender identities are still considered a mental disorder by the World Health Organisation. This must be changed urgently, and certainly by the time the next version comes into effect in 2015.
"Transgender people wishing to live in a body that matches their identity are of course entitled to medical treatment and its benefits, but the negative stigma surrounding them must stop."
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European Parliament calls for end of classifying transgender people as mentally ill
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the World Health Organisation to stop classifying transgender people as mentally ill.
'Gender identity disorder' is currently classified as a 'mental and behavioural disorder' in the WHO's International Classification of Diseases.
Many transgender people and clinicians prefer to use the term 'gender dysphoria'. While the causes are not yet known, research has suggested genetic and hormonal reasons.
The WHO's International Classification of Diseases is currently under review with the next list to be finalised in 2015.
Until 1990, the body classed homosexuality as a mental illness.
Dutch MEP Emine Bozkurt, who authored the amendment, said: "Transgender identities are still considered a mental disorder by the World Health Organisation. This must be changed urgently, and certainly by the time the next version comes into effect in 2015.
"Transgender people wishing to live in a body that matches their identity are of course entitled to medical treatment and its benefits, but the negative stigma surrounding them must stop."
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Title: European Parliament: World Health Organization must stop treating transgender pe
Post by: SandraJane on September 30, 2011, 03:43:45 AM
Post by: SandraJane on September 30, 2011, 03:43:45 AM
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European Parliament: World Health Organization must stop treating transgender people as mentally ill
September 29th, 2011
http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/who-must-stop-treating-transgender-people-as-mentally-ill/ (http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/who-must-stop-treating-transgender-people-as-mentally-ill/)
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. Gender dysphoria is currently classified as a 'mental and behavioural disorder' in the WHO's International Classification of Diseases.
The text adopted yesterday "calls on the Commission and the World Health Organization to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders, and ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases."
European Parliament: World Health Organization must stop treating transgender people as mentally ill
September 29th, 2011
http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/who-must-stop-treating-transgender-people-as-mentally-ill/ (http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/who-must-stop-treating-transgender-people-as-mentally-ill/)
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. Gender dysphoria is currently classified as a 'mental and behavioural disorder' in the WHO's International Classification of Diseases.
The text adopted yesterday "calls on the Commission and the World Health Organization to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders, and ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases."