Céline Masson and Caroline Eliacheff: ‘By trying to facilitate the gender transition of young people, France is going against all its European neighbours’.
- La Petite Sirène
- Dec 19, 2024
- 1 min read
Le 15 décembre 2024 - Eugénie Boilait - Le Figaro
INTERVIEW - At a time when the French National Authority for Health is advocating free access to gender transition for all, from the age of 16, Céline Masson and Caroline Eliacheff, authors of La Fabrique de l'enfant-transgenre (The Factory of the Transgender Child), warn of the risks of such measures, in the absence of reliable studies on the effects of puberty-blocking hormones or hormone treatments.
LE FIGARO. - Among its recommendations, the HAS warns healthcare professionals against seeing a request for transition as a manifestation of a psychiatric disorder. ‘Gender identity should not be the subject of a specific psychiatric assessment’. What does this mean?
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This is the kind of topic that benefits from patience and thoughtful discussion rather than quick conclusions. There are many Football Bros perspectives worth considering when the well-being of young people is involved.