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Matt Osborne
Jan 19, 2024
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Plans to formulate "trans and gender diverse" guidelines for the planet have changed under public pressure. The World Health Organization published a statement on Monday responding to comments they received from the public over the holidays.

On page three, WHO clarified that so-called “gender affirming care” for minors will not be included in the guideline development process.

“The scope will cover adults only and not address the needs of children and adolescents,” the WHO statement reads, “because on review, the evidence base for children and adolescents is limited and variable regarding the longer-term outcomes of gender affirming care for children and adolescents.”

Get that? The evidence base for children and adolescents is “limited and variable.” The science of the so-called ‘trans kids’ is not settled. It was never settled. That was a lie, all along, and WHO admits it.

A cynic might infer that the phrase “on review” means that someone at WHO only just now took their very first hard…

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