UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (APP):The World Health Organization (WHO), a UN agency, will no longer categorize being transgender as a “mental disorder”, after a resolution to amend its health guidelines was approved May 25. WHO approved a resolution to remove “gender identity disorder” from its global manual of diagnoses, in a move that will have a “liberating effect on transgender people worldwide,” says Human Rights Watch.
WHO to stop classifying transgender people as having ‘mental disorder’
UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (APP):The World Health Organization (WHO), a UN agency, will no longer categorize being transgender as a “mental disorder”, after a resolution to amend its health guidelines was approved May 25.
WHO approved a resolution to remove “gender identity disorder” from its global manual of diagnoses, in a move that will have a “liberating effect on transgender people worldwide,” says Human Rights Watch.
