Transgender identity should no longer be classified as mental disorder: study

Transgender identity should no longer be classified as a mental disorder in a World Health Organization list of diseases, according to a study presented in Mexico on Thursday. Violence and social rejection are the cause of mental distress and impairment among transgender people, not their gender identity, according to the research published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry. This should be clear," Eduardo Madrigal, president of the Mexican Association of Psychiatry, said at a news conference.