The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations' medical agency, has given transgender activists a majority of seats on a committee that develops health policy for children.
One of the supposed experts holds up a tattoo that says, “Be gay, commit a crime.”
According to a report, 11 of the WHO's 21-member committee have no formal medical training, seven are transgender, and only 10 have medical backgrounds. It is said that report by daily mail.
One of them is reportedly a controversial Canadian trans activist who has strong influence on the Chinese app TikTok, which has introduced puberty blockers to all children, regardless of their gender identity. He argues that people should be able to “choose” their gender rather than being assigned one. by society.
Another member of the WHO committee said gender reassignment poses no health problems, and that the only “real side effects” of gender reassignment are “significant improvements in quality of life and joy for transgender people.” claims.
The remaining panel members include activists, social justice advocates, human rights lawyers, sexually transmitted disease researchers, and policy advisors. daily mail I will report.
Another committee member, Ashley, who is biologically male but identifies as female and uses the pronouns “those bitches,” says, “Be gay, commit crime.” He has a tattoo that says “Do it.”
Ashley, who co-authored a study arguing that puberty blockers and hormone therapy “should be treated as the default option” for children with gender dysphoria, has garnered a huge following on TikTok. He is calling for mental health checks for transgender children. It is discarded before puberty blockers or hormones are administered.
“Is there a reason to ask people to undergo a long and complex gender assessment in order to receive gender-affirming care, or is it a waste of time and time best spent supporting decision-making?” Ashley He is said to have said.
“And the conclusion of our article is that there is actually no evidence that gender assessment works. It just lengthens the process for no particular reason,” he added. “Gender assessment is a form of unnecessary gatekeeping that the trans community has opposed for some time.”
Meanwhile, WHO spokesperson Tarik Yasharevich insisted that guidelines on transgender issues focus on “adults only” and not on the use of hormones, suppressants or surgery in children. ing.
“WHO guidelines are always based on a balance of available evidence, human rights principles, consideration of harms and benefits, and the views of end users and beneficiaries,” Jašarević said.
Nevertheless, some members of the WHO committee have been vocal in their support for allowing children, some as young as 13, to undergo such medical procedures.
Reem Al-Salem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, said: daily mail She said she believed the WHO's new committee was too “one-sided” and that it contained “serious unmanaged conflicts of interest.”
“It appears that stakeholders whose views differ from those of transgender activist groups were not invited,” Al-Salem said.
“Such stakeholders include experts from European public health authorities who have led the development of prudent, evidence-based approaches to gender transition in young people (e.g. the United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland).” she added.
Meanwhile, the WHO group will develop global guidelines on how health workers around the world can increase “access to and use of quality and respectful health services by transgender and gender diverse people” It's planned.
“Most of the WHO committees are made up of social justice and human rights lawyers who believe that a gender-affirming approach is the only option,” says Stella, a psychotherapist and executive director of Genspect. O'Malley said. daily mail.
“[They] “It will determine care guidelines for transgender people, but there is no important balance represented on the panel,” she added. She said: “Gender-affirming approaches are presumed by the WHO to be the only way forward, thereby dismissing traditional psychotherapy.”
“This is a narrow-minded and very biased approach,” O'Malley asserted. “The WHO has made a grave mistake and should pause this process and consult with many experts who have different approaches.”
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