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The World Health Organization will no longer classify being transgender as a ‘mental disorder’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed transgender from its list of mental disorders.
The organization approved an update to its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) this past Saturday. The manual is a global standard for mental health diagnoses.
The current version of the ICD has several entries related to gender identity. “Transsexualism” is defined as “A desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by a sense of...