“Being transgender is a "mental health disorder.”
What PolitiFact found
Being transgender is not considered a mental health disorder. Historically, the diagnosis has carried the term "disorder," but experts no longer view it as a pathology and are working to destigmatize the diagnosis.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican Presidential Candidate) made this claim around 27 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Vivek Ramaswamy has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 10 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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