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The World Health Organization has published a new edition of its disease manual, ICD-11, which was approved on 18 June 2018 and will come into force on 1 January 2022 to replace the one in force since 1990 (ICD-10). The novelty of this edition of the disease guide is that it replaces the term “transsexualism” with “gender incongruence”, defined as a condition related to a person’s sexual health, rather than a mental or behavioural disorder.
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This research is framed within the Postdoctoral Program “Juan de la Cierva Formación 2017”, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Likewise, the author would like to acknowledge the grant received from the Basque Government (Ref. No. IT1066-16) to support the activities of the Basque University System Research Groups.
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This research was funded by the Postdoctoral Program “Juan de la Cierva Formación 2017”, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Likewise, the author would like to acknowledge the grant received from the Basque Government (Ref. No. IT1066-16) to support the activities of the Basque University System Research Groups.
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Elena Atienza-Macías’s research is framed within the Postdoctoral Program “Juan de la Cierva Formación 2017”, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Likewise, the author would like to acknowledge the grant received from the Basque Government (Ref. No. IT1066-16) to support the activities of the Basque University System Research Groups.
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Atienza-Macías, E. Some Reflections on Transsexuality in the New International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11): A product of the World Health Organization (WHO). Sexuality & Culture 24, 2230–2235 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-020-09721-9
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