The United Nations (UN) health agency - the World Health Organization (WHO) - has given transgender activists the majority of seats on a panel that drafts health guidelines for children.
Eleven members of the 21-member WHO panel have no formal medical training, seven are transgender and only XNUMX have a medical background, one said Daily Mail report. One of them is reportedly a controversial Canadian trans activist who has strong influence on the Chinese app TikTok and says that all children, regardless of their gender identity, should be prescribed puberty blockers so that they can "choose" their gender rather than being given one is allocated by the company.
Another member of the WHO committee says transitioning does not cause any health problems and claims that the only "actual side effects" of gender reassignment are a "significantly improved quality of life... and trans joy." The remaining panel members are a mix of activists, social justice advocates, human rights lawyers, STD researchers and policy advisors, Daily Mail reports. Another committee member, Ashley - a biological male who identifies as female and uses the pronouns "they/them that bitch" - has a tattoo that reads "Be Gay, Do Crimes."
Ashley, who co-wrote a study that argues that puberty blockers and hormone therapy should be treated "as the default option" for children with gender dysphoria, has a large following on TikTok, where he calls for mental health screenings for trans children to be eliminated before They are given puberty blockers and hormone preparations. “Is there a reason to require people to undergo a lengthy and complex gender assessment in order to access gender-affirming care or is this useless and the best time should be spent supporting decision-making,” Ashley said According to reports. "And our article concludes that there really is no evidence that gender ratings work - it's just a long process with no real reason," he added. “Gender assessments are truly an unnecessary form of gatekeeping that trans communities have been speaking out against for some time.”
WHO spokesman Tarik Jašarević insists that guidelines on transgender issues focus “only on adults” and not on the use of hormones, suppressants and surgeries in children. “WHO guidelines are always based on the balance of available evidence, human rights principles, consideration of harms and benefits, and the contributions of end users and beneficiaries,” said Jašarević. Still, some WHO committee members are vocal in their support for allowing children - some as young as 13 - to undergo such medical procedures. Reem Alsalem, United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women, told Daily Mail that the new WHO panel is too "one-sided" and he believes there are "significant unresolved conflicts of interest" in the committee. “Stakeholders whose views differ from those of transgender activist organizations do not appear to have been invited,” Alsalem said. "These stakeholders include experts from European health authorities who have taken the lead in developing an evidence-based and therefore cautious approach to gender transition in young people (e.g. England, Sweden and Finland)," she added.
Meanwhile, the WHO group has set global guidelines for how health workers around the world can improve access to and use of high-quality and respectful health services by trans and gender diverse people. "The WHO panel is mainly made up of social justice and human rights advocates who believe that the gender approach is the only option," Stella O'Malley, psychotherapist and managing director of Genspect, told Daily Mail. “[They] will set care guidelines for transgender people, but they have no one to represent the critical balance on their board,” she added. “The gender-affirming approach is seen by the WHO as the only way forward and thus rejects conventional psychotherapy.” "This is a narrow-minded and highly biased approach," O'Malley said. «The WHO is making a serious mistake. She should pause this process and consult with the many experts who have different approaches.”
(via Exposing The Darkness)
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