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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Sweden cuts ties with WPATH

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ResisterRex · 23/12/2022 07:30

thepostmillennial.com/sweden-cuts-ties-with-leading-trans-health-group-over-guidelines-for-child-sex-changes

"Swedish health authorities have officially broken ranks with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) with the announcement that gender clinics will no longer be attempting to perform experimental sex changes on under-18s but will instead offer “psychological support to help youth live with the healthy body they were born with.”

According to an article published in the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen, new guidelines will be published before the end of the year advising against puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery for under 18s. This is in direct contrast with the WPATH Standards of Care 8 (SOC8) released earlier this year which advises affirmation and medical intervention as the first line of treatment for gender-confused minors.

“As a whole, the new guidelines will be more reasonable than the previous ones and advocate a great deal of caution with irreversible interventions in healthy bodies, as we know that some will regret it,” writes pediatrician Mats Reimer. He explained that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones will only be available to youth in the strictest of clinical trial settings from now on, given the “extremely weak” evidence for their use."

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Lilavanblue · 23/12/2022 22:32

Boomboom22 · 23/12/2022 22:12

This is great. Lefties love progressive Sweden so maybe will help to get through.

That was my first thought too. Good to see that „progressive“ doesn’t always necessarily mean uncritically accepting of any new ideas/ ideologies.

ArabellaScott · 23/12/2022 23:03

Hm, this report from ForWomen on 'SPATH' suggests they may be talking bullshit about not working with or basing policy on WPATH

forwomen.scot/16/11/2022/spath/

WhereYouLeftIt · 24/12/2022 13:22

DameMaud · 23/12/2022 17:43

Just checked show notes. Yes. They cover the history. Fascinating

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'll set some time aside later to listen to this, I really need to get my head around all the players.

DameMaud · 24/12/2022 16:11

WhereYouLeftIt · 24/12/2022 13:22

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'll set some time aside later to listen to this, I really need to get my head around all the players.

Goodo! Glad to be of service. Recommend the whole podcast series btw

TheBiologyStupid · 24/12/2022 21:17

WhereYouLeftIt · 23/12/2022 15:59

This is MASSIVE!

"puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones will only be available to youth in the strictest of clinical trial settings from now on, given the “extremely weak” evidence for their use."
So they will still be available. But "strictest of clinical trial settings" at least means data will be gathered, and presumably patients followed up.

And it looks as if WPATH has seriously overreached itself! Updating its guidelines from SOC7 to SOC8, which included 'eunuch' "as an innate gender identity even children can possess."

I love this:

"Reimer, as well as many other experts, believes this is a sign that WPATH is not a scientific organization but instead an activist group.

"Had this been published anywhere other than in a supposedly scientific article, it would have been thought that it was satire," said Reimer."

Halle-fucking-luhjah!

Halle-fucking-luhjah indeed!

MrGHardy · 24/12/2022 23:38

We knew this day would come. Nevertheless, it is satisfactory after all the "worldwide standard of care" nonsense the lobbyists have been harping on about for years.

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