How transgenderism is viewed around the world: From the country that celebrates trans people to where they are deemed 'mentally ill' READ MORE: Young people are now identifying as 'gender season' in America By Caitlin Tilley, Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:20 EDT, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 13:24 EDT, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments In many western nations, transgenderism is fast becoming an accepted feature of modern society. There has been a sharp increase in people identifying as transgender in recent years in the US, with the transgender population rising three percent between 2017 and 2020.
Despite this, critics continue to question the legitimacy of gender dysphoria - not identifying with the gender assigned at birth - with former President Donald Trump deeming it 'left-wing gender insanity.' Some countries around the world feel the same, with leaders speaking out against trans rights and punishing those identifying as trans. Just earlier this month, Peru made headlines after it moved to classify trans people as mentally ill .
Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates, they are imprisoned. But in other nations, trans people are accepted and even extolled. Here, DailyMail.
com reveals the vastly different ways transgenderism is celebrated or denigrated around the world. Peru made headlines earlier this month after it moved to classify trans people as mentally ill despite backlash Members of the LGBTQ+ community protest against a decree following a decision by t.
