A Big Step in France

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓  ·  February 23rd, 2010  ·  filed under politics, sex

“France has become the first country in the world to remove gender identity disorder, also known as transsexualism, from its list of officially recognized mental illnesses.”

While the issue is certainly complicated, this is incredible news.

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He has also written for The Bold Italic, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

One Response to “A Big Step in France”

  1. Gaelle Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Happy to say at least one English language outlet did end up writing more about this: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1968767,00.html

    (Incidentally, I wrote it.)

    Cheers

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