Banned from driving in Russia? Check this disorder list.

[AndyDufresne]

Russia says drivers must not have 'sex disorders' (BBC Reporting)

Russia has listed transsexual and transgender people among those who will no longer qualify for driving licences.

Fetishism, exhibitionism and voyeurism are also included as "mental disorders" now barring people from driving.

The government says it is tightening medical controls for drivers because Russia has too many road accidents.

"Pathological" gambling and compulsive stealing are also on the list. Russian psychiatrists and human rights lawyers have condemned the move.

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Mikhail Strakhov, a Russian psychiatric expert, told BBC Russian that the definition of "personality disorders" was too vague and some disorders would not affect a person's ability to drive a car safely.

--Andy

[thegreekdog]

human rights lawyers

Is driving a right?

[nietzsche]

Does this mean fewer accident videos on youtube? I'm against it.

[mrswdk]

What's the difference between transsexual and transgender? I thought they were the same thing.

[riskllama]

i would say vodka is probably a bigger driving impediment than a "sexual disorder", wtf vlad?

[2dimes]

What's the difference between transsexual and transgender? I thought they were the same thing.

Transgender is surgical.

[strike wolf]

As the APA (American Psychiatric Association) defines it, transgender is the larger catchall category that includes crossdressers (people who dress as the opposite gender regularly for personal reasons), drag queens/kings (people who dress as the opposite gender for entertainment purposes) and transsexuals (people who feel like they are the opposite gender than their physiological sex).