[Southern + December 1 News] According to British media reports, a pair of parents lost their custody after repeatedly preventing their daughter from undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The judge held that depriving the child of the right to freely choose sex by parents is tantamount to abuse.
According to reports, when the girl was 15 years old, because she was discussing suicide in an online chat, the family services department believed that her parents had neglect and abusive tendencies, so the girl was taken into a nursing home. Later, the girl was diagnosed with "gender dysphoria" (also known as gender identity disorder, which refers to a person suffering from a mismatch between their gender identity and the specified gender at birth). The Cincinnati Children's Hospital recommended that the girl receive hormonal treatment, but Her parents opposed her religious beliefs and asked the hospital to treat her daughter's anxiety and depression. At the same time, her father said that she would never be allowed to change sex, as long as she was at home, he would definitely stop her with violence.
The law school dean of The University of Queensland said that the decision to deprive children of the right to choose based on gender identity is unreasonable. After several trials of the case, the judge stated that because the girl wanted to be taken care of by her grandfather and grandmother, he ruled that the girl’s custody should be handed over to her grandparents. At the same time, they will be solely responsible for the transgender treatment of her granddaughter. If you choose the gender you want on the road, your parents have no right to interfere. If you dissuade them, you will be convicted of domestic violence. The verdict in this case of
is undoubtedly a landmark and aroused great social repercussions. Some netizens said that this is a flagrant deprivation of parental guardianship over their children; some netizens said that minors do not yet have the ability to judge right from wrong, and they cannot be held responsible for the transgender they choose. There are even children’s transgender doctors who said that since 2010 there were only 4 patients, and by 2020 it has increased to 1,000. Transgender seems to have formed a trend among minors. At the same time, many people who regretted choosing sex reassignment surgery because of their youth and ignorance came forward and told their own experiences.
Currently, the parents’ lawyers still insist on appealing.
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