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European Parliament calls for end of classifying gender dysphoria as mental disorder (LGBTQNation)

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The European Parliament has petitioned the World Health Organization to cease classifying transgender people as mentally ill, and to eliminate the current classification pf “gender dysphoria” as a “mental and behavioral disorder” in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases.

In the resolution passed Wednesday, the language of the text adopted by the EU legislative body reads:

 

“The European Parliament calls on the Commission and the World Health Organization to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioral disorders, and ensure a non-pathologizing reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases.”

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Complete article at LGBTQ Nation : http://bit.ly/owLfPh