#GenderProud World Health Organization- Requiring or coercing individuals to undergo sterilizing procedures violates the fundamental human rights to health, information, privacy, children, family, and freedom from discrimination 2015 is BIG YEAR! According to its 2010 guidelines, the World Health Organization still diagnoses transgender identities as a mental disorder. Those guidelines are due to be updated in 2015, and trans advocates have been calling on the WHO to change its classification, just as the American Psychiatric Association did in 2012. thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/06/02/3443619/world-health-organization-transgender-surgery/
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:37:27 +0000