russia law bans transgender people from driving

[brianmanahan]

the law, signed december 29, lists transgender people as those with sexual disorders and therefor unfit for driving for medical reasons

http://news.yahoo.com/russia-lists-transgender-people-among-those-unfit-drive-123819406.html

based on the youtube videos ive seen, they should have just signed a law banning russians from driving

 

[Jaskalas]

It wouldn't be Russia without oppression.

 

[brianmanahan]

It wouldn't be Russia without oppression.

or vodka

2 main ingredients of russia: vodka and oppression

 

[Greenman]

More interesting to me was that the World Health Organization considers pretty much all sexual proclivity other than traditional male female as a mental illness.

 

[Jaskalas]

More interesting to me was that the World Health Organization considers pretty much all sexual proclivity other than traditional male female as a mental illness.

Europe and North America are only a portion of the UN / World. Seems the majority agrees with Russia.

 

[Thebobo]

Oh those silly russians

 

[brianmanahan]

Oh those silly russians

they certainly have the silly walk downpat

 

[Blanky]

Russia is a shit hole, has been for a very long time.

 

[UglyCasanova]

To be honest it sounds like the only reason they are doing this is to infuriate the west. Can't take it out on Europe/US, take it out on your own people.

 

[Sonikku]

Fuck Russia.

 

[werepossum]

What a bizarre law - especially in a nation with rampant drunkenness. To quote from the OP's article:

The WHO classification contains "gender identity disorders" such as transsexualism and "disorders of sexual preference," including fetishism and voyeurism. The organization, which has been under pressure for years to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill, is currently revising its International Classification of Diseases, which came into use in 1994. The revised version is due in 2017, according to the WHO website.

Saxena said there are working groups considering whether gender identity should be deleted from the mental disorders chapter.

Besides transgenders, it also catches transvestites and people with fetishes and voyeurism. (Which might not be so bad; most Russians look better with their clothes on.) Watch porn? No driving for you!

 

[Subyman]

Adjusting their gender-bender may result in a fender-bender.

 

[Strk]

or vodka

2 main ingredients of russia: vodka and oppression

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30599341

 

[werepossum]

Adjusting their gender-bender may result in a fender-bender.

lol

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30599341

According to a leading university study last year, 25% of Russian men die before reaching their mid-50s, Reuters reports.

Alcohol was found to be a contributing factor in some of these early deaths.​

Evidently the transgendered are unacceptably bad at driving around drunk Russian men. Who knew?