France has removed transsexualism from an official list of mental illnesses, according to an order issued by the French Ministry of Health reported Feb. 12 by French news media.
The order issued Feb. 10 removed “gender identity disorders” from an article of the social security code related to “long-term psychiatric diseases.”
According to media reports, France is the first country in the world to do so.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
France becomes first country to remove transexualism from list of mental illnesses
From The New York Times: