The resolution requires courts of justice and magistrates to ensure equal rights, combating any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“We need to train gynecologists, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, and all other health agents to be able to meet the needs of these people. If we don’t do that, this man will shun health services as he feels antagonized, and that’s a huge boost on mortality,” said Professor Maria Cristina Pereira Lima, from the Medical School of Botucatu. .
Brazil’s Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) yesterday (Jan. 9) issued a resolution changing the rules governing procedures directed at transgender people.
The Supreme Court of Brazil is due to decide this Thursday (April 20) whether transgender people can change their registered names when they have not had a sex reassignment surgery.
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