The World Health Organization has called for people to have the right to self-identify as the opposite sex in its first international guide to caring for transgender people.
in recent releasesWHO said the new guidelines “provide evidence and implementation guidance for health sector interventions aimed at increasing access to and use of quality and respectful health services by transgender and gender diverse people.” said.
“These guidelines support the provision of gender-affirming care, including hormones, the education and training of health care workers to provide gender-inclusive care, and the provision of gender-affirming care, including hormone-based It focuses on five areas: the delivery of health care to people of all ages, health policies that support gender-inclusive care, and legal recognition of self-determined gender identity.”
However, SEGM (abbreviation for Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine) The answer has been published In response to the WHO announcement.
According to SEGM, the group tasked with putting together the care guide will work from February 19 to 21, 2024, to “assess and interpret the evidence, develop guideline recommendations, and propose implementation strategies.” They are scheduled to meet at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
“Adolescents and young adults are the largest and fastest growing group of people who identify as transgender, so WHO guidelines may be applied to this vulnerable group as a target population. high,” SEGM said.
The group pointed to several problems with the WHO's recent announcements, including “biased guideline committee composition,” “inappropriate handling of the public comment period,” and “guideline development process.” “The whole thing hastily.''
daily mail report The WHO has revealed that no experts have raised concerns about the potential negative effects of puberty blockers on children.
The report, written by Helen Joyce, said: sex is important“WHO selected a group of blatantly biased global experts to develop this draft guidance on the treatment of transgender people, almost all of whose members believe that gender “It is known and there is growing evidence to support medical intervention for distress.” harm. “
“This is part of a disturbing global pattern in which trans healthcare guidance and programs are written behind closed doors by small ideologically driven groups and presented as definitive.”
Joyce continued: “The WHO should abandon the current draft and start again with a panel of real experts. The scientific evidence on risks and consequences should be as clear as it is in transdogma, as in other cases. “It should be evaluated rigorously and fairly, not through a lens.” public health issue. ”
According to the Mail, 1,800 people have already submitted a petition calling on the WHO to “go back to the drawing board”.
“The majority of panel members expressed strong opinions in favor of hormonal therapy and surgical interventions for transition, dismissed the known and potential risks associated with these interventions, and labeled psychotherapeutic approaches as “conversion.'' “therapy,'' the petition states.
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