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European Parliament Calls On World Health Organization To Affirm Transgender People | The European Parliament is calling on the World Health Organization to stop classifying people who are transgender as “mentally ill” to help combat the stigma and obstacles to medical care they face. Currently, WHO defines the condition of being transgender as “gender identity disorder” under the category of “mental and behavioral disorders.” The WHO referred to homosexuality as a mental illness until 1990.
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