France removes transsexualism as a psychiatric disorder
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
In an historic decision, France has decided to declare that transsexualism is no longer a psychiatric disorder, becoming the first country to do so.
France did so in part because to continue to follow the World Health Organisation classification that transsexualism was a disorder was seen as stigmatising.
By contrast, the mental health Bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th revised edition, or DSM IVR, classifies transsexualism, or gender dysphoria, as a psychiatric disorder.
For the original article, in French, click here.
