Don't go to Russia & think you can drive

[natina]

They're banning transpeople from driving in Russia.

Just the highlighted version --
Russia signed a law into effect December 29th banning all sorts of types of people with medical or mental disorders including gender issues of all kinds including cross dressing & transgender. wow. This is where not to add a stamp to your passport any time soon.

The long version ---
Russia has banned people with "gender identity disorders" from driving, which was first reported by BBC.
A new decree signed on Dec. 29 by Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev delineates the conditions that disqualify people from driving, which implicitly includes people with "gender identity disorders" — a category which includes transgender and transsexual people.

For the most part, the conditions that disqualify people from driving listed in the decree are straightforward, including a long list of medical issues such as foot deformities.

But there is also an iffy section on "Mental and Behavioral disorders," which explicitly includes disorders such as schizophrenia, and implicitly bans people with "gender identity disorders" from driving.

The decree defines the "Mental and Behavioral disorders" issues by the "МКБ-10" — the World Health Organization's " ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders .
Under that classification is "gender identity disorders" which includes the following:

Transsexualism
Dual-role transvestism
Gender identity disorder of childhood
Other gender identity disorders
As well as "disorders of sexual preference" which includes:

Fetishism
Exhibitionism
Voyeurism
Pedophilia
Sadomasochism & more

"The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights called the new law 'discriminatory.' It said it would demand clarifications from the Russian Constitutional Court and seek support from international human rights organisations," reports the BBC.

Additionally, Valery Evtushenko at the Russian Psychiatric Association told the BBC that he's worried that people will avoid seeking psychiatric help so that they can still drive, in light of this decree.

Russia sees a high number of road accidents per year, and this decree was passed in an attempt to decrease that number.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/new-russian-law-bans-transsexuals-those-with-sexual-fetishes-from-driving/ar-AA7XT18

[cutesteph]

How will they enforce most of these?

[natina]

if they see you crossdressing or you are a known person from that list you will be convicted

[betts]

http://www.hungangels.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=91143

[omnifarious]

This law solves so many issues.

[Jericho]

It's a start...Now, if they could just add natal wimmin to the list as well...

[wearboots4me]

Fucked up law. What difference does a person's gender identity make for driving?