Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 13742 | 21 April 2015

Discrimination against transgender people in Europe

Signatories: Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Ben-Oni ARDELEAN, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Zsolt CSENGER-ZALÁN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Ms Aleksandra DJUROVIĆ, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Ms Rózsa HOFFMANN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Zsolt NÉMETH, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Aleksandar NIKOLOSKI, ''The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'', EPP/CD ; Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2015 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 1, delete the last sentence.

Explanatory note

Medical classification is a matter of science, not of politics. It is dangerous for democracy when politicians decide on what should or should not be classified as a mental disease. The same is true for every disease. People with cancer or HIV also encounter obstacles to social inclusion.