jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago[US] Rep. Robert Garcia calls out Peru for classifying trans, intersex & nonbinary people as mentally illwww.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down112
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-link[US] Rep. Robert Garcia calls out Peru for classifying trans, intersex & nonbinary people as mentally illwww.advocate.comjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarellamajester421@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt could pass a Gender Identity Recognition Act by self-identification. Then cover trasngender health by insurance, prohibit healthcare discrimination on grounds of gender identity, and use a modern, non-pathologizing code the one provided like ICD-11 by WHO “gender incongruence” a condition “related to sexual health”. Not a mental disorder. https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/frequently-asked-questions/gender-incongruence-and-transgender-health-in-the-icd
It could pass a Gender Identity Recognition Act by self-identification. Then cover trasngender health by insurance, prohibit healthcare discrimination on grounds of gender identity, and use a modern, non-pathologizing code the one provided like ICD-11 by WHO “gender incongruence” a condition “related to sexual health”. Not a mental disorder. https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/frequently-asked-questions/gender-incongruence-and-transgender-health-in-the-icd