jeffw[US] Rep. Robert Garcia calls out Peru for classifying trans, intersex & nonbinary people as mentally ill
mister_monsterLol don’t you love it.
Peru does something to force healthcare providers to cover transgender procedures and treatments, people are outraged that it’s been labelled an illness. You can’t make this stuff up.
Flying SquidIf the only way to help transgendered people is to call them mentally ill, maybe there’s a bigger problem you’re missing.
Yeah, the problem is “do no harm”. To modify your body, a medical professional needs to be fixing something, i.e. you have an illness that needs treatment.
So… you are under the bizarre (and very wrong) impression that doctors in other countries only give gender-affirming care to people they have determined have an illness?
Because, as I said, you are very wrong.
OneWomanCreamTeamBro forgot about the entire practice of plastic surgery.
Are you saying gender affirming care is elective?
No, just responding to this bit
To modify your body, a medical professional needs to be fixing something,
It is not the only way, WHO provides a code "gender incongruence" that is a condition "related to sexual health". Not a mental disorder. https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/frequently-asked-questions/gender-incongruence-and-transgender-health-in-the-icd
Fine. Then Peru should do that.