Madras High Court Criticizes Use of ‘Gender Identity Disorder’ Term, Calls for LGBTQIA+ Acceptance

Madras: The Madras High Court has raised concerns over the continued use of the term “Gender Identity Disorder” to describe transgender individuals and those belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community. Justice Anand Venkatesh strongly objected to such terminology, emphasizing that it wrongly suggests that being LGBTQIA+ is a disorder when, in reality, it is a natural identity.