Transgender Identity Is Not a Mental Health Disorder, Study Finds

A new study in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry finds that "distress and dysfunction" often reported by transgender people results from stigmatization. People who identify as transgender should not be considered to have a mental health disorder, according to a new study from Mexico. The World Health Organization currently lists transgender identity as a mental health disorder, and the new study is the first in a series of research aimed at finding out whether this categorization is apt. The study will be repeated in Brazil, France, India, Lebanon and South Africa, according to the researchers.

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