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Alberta: Being Gay No Longer A Mental Illness
The province has rewritten controversial billing codes that treated sexual minorities as people with mental disorders akin to bestiality and pedophilia.
After more than 15 years of pressure from advocacy groups, the Progressive Conservatives have replaced the offending section with modern language that says gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer Albertan's are not suffering from a mental illness.
"The old version did say (homosexuality) was a mental disorder, so patients who were seeking treatment for whatever reason, were being classified as having a mental disorder," Health Minister Fred Horne said, noting the change came into effect at the end of May.
"Under our billing system, it is no longer classified as a mental disorder."
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