Denaes B. [Transidentity medical and legal courses: The viewpoint of transgender people on the advances and expected progress].
Med Sci (Paris) 2023;
39:53-57. [PMID:
36692320 DOI:
10.1051/medsci/2022199]
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Abstract
In France, transidentity is no longer considered a "mental disorder" since 2010. For the WHO, it took until 2022. France is also one of the few countries to take care of almost the entire transition pathway. However, this pretty tree hides a jungle of obsolete texts and coding, discrimination in care, administrative and psychiatric constraints, transphobic rejections… Officially, the only recommendations regarding the medical history of transgender people date from 1989. Thirty-four years later, the High Authority for Health (HAS) is undertaking a profound overhaul of the recommendations made to doctors and associations concerned with the health of trans people.
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