Schlagwort: Transsexual

Sterilisation no longer required for a sex change

Source: The Copenhagen Post

Starting from September 1, Danes over the age of 18 will no longer be required to undergo any surgical procedures in order to apply for a sex change.

"Today we have dropped the requirement of sterilisation when transgendered people need a new personal identification number as part of a legal sex change," the minister for the economy and the interior, Margrethe Vestager, said in a statement reported by NDTV.

She notes that it will make life more “dignified” for transgender individuals, who will no longer have to mutate their bodies in order to adhere to societal norms.......

Source: The Copenhagen Post

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Being Transgender Is No Longer a Disorder

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The American Psychiatric Association salutes the T in LGBT.
By J. Bryan Lowder; Posted Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at 6:21 PM ET

The Associated Press reported that the American Psychiatric Association’s Board of Trustees approved certain notable changes to that body’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders on Saturday. The story began with the controversial announcement that Asperger’s syndrome will now be included in the autism spectrum disorder category, but another change buried at the bottom of the piece may prove to be even more divisive—and, if historical precedent is any indication, more influential on society at large…..

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