According to media reports, “Transgender” will no longer be categorised as a “mental disorder” by the World Health Organization (WHO) after major amendments in its health guidelines.<\/p>\n
“United Nations\u2019 health agency approved a resolution to remove \u201cgender identity disorder\u201d from its\u00a0global manual of diagnoses. According to the newly-revised version of the International Classification of Diseases (known as ICD-11), published by the WHO, \u201cgender identity disorders\u201d have been reframed as \u201cgender incongruence.\u201d Gender nonconformity is now included in a chapter on sexual health, rather than being listed with \u201cmental disorders\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n “In several countries around the world, the process of medically transitioning gender is based on the now-outdated ICD framework, which classifies being transgender as a \u201cgender identity disorder\u201d under the category of \u201cmental disorders.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [Source: TIME]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to media reports, “Transgender” will no longer be categorised as a “mental disorder” by the World Health Organization (WHO) after major <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":215153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[35711,35712,10901,30407,35710],"class_list":["post-215152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-gender-identity-disorder","tag-international-classification-of-diseases","tag-mental-disorder","tag-transgender","tag-world-health-organization"],"yoast_head":"\n
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