Justin Trudeau

Transgender Rights: Why We Should All Be Like Denmark

Transgender Rights: Why We Should All Be Like Denmark

As of January 2017, Denmark will be the first country in the world to declassify “being transgendered” as a mental illness. This move is monumental for transgendered people in Denmark. However, it also opens the path for other nations to uphold transgendered rights and enables the international community to take a stand. Denmark hopes this move will help to decrease the institutionalized stigmatization of trans people.