The State Duma of the Russian Federation may submit a bill on gender reassignment. not associated with congenital physical anomalies, to the relevant sections for additional confirmation. writes about it “Kommersant” citing a source familiar with the situation.
According to the publication, lawyers and doctors working with transgender people have written critically about the bill.
They wanted the document to be removed from consideration because, according to them, the changes violate the right to medical care and life, and also “impose an ideology”.
Activists stressed that the bill “aims to discriminate and deny access to medical care for people who have been medically diagnosed with transsexualism, is based on information not supported by an adequate evidence base, and does not contribute to the achievement of the stated goals. targets.”
Former State Duma Deputy Anatoly Wasserman declarationthat the prevalence of hormonal and surgical measures for sex reassignment is based on adolescent body dysmorphic disorder.