Israel's Health Ministry recognizes that transgender identity is not a psychological disorder
Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio According to the guidelines, there is no ethical or professional justification for so-called conversion therapy for the purpose of altering someone’s sexual or gender identity, and they require medical professionals to use the pronouns of the gender with which the patient identifies while addressing them, regardless of their identity documents or physical appearance. They also require hospitals and psychiatric wards to have at least one staff member who underwent training in order to be conscious of transgender people and to offer hos...