Being transgender is not a mental health problem, WHO says

By Marcy Cuttler · CBC News

World Health Organization has changed the classification of transgender in its diagnoses

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Some gender diversity experts believe transgender issues transcend sexual health.

The World Health Organization took what many doctors and advocates believe is a big step this week towards removing the stigma around transgender people.

Their health issues will no longer be classified as mental and behavioural disorders in the WHO global manual of diagnoses. Instead, transgender will soon be under a chapter on sexual health.

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