Did you know that the World Health Organization had a "Guidelines Development Group on the Health of Trans and Gender Diverse People?"
Neither did I. But they do, and they are staffing it with people, one would presume, who they consider experts. But experts at what, precisely? Because some of these experts are real eyebrow-raisers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) established an expert advisory group on transgender health, seeking guidance from a transgender former prostitute who called the line of work “empowering” and an academic attempting to popularize “genderf**king” as a critical legal theory.
The WHO’s Guidelines Development Group on the Health of Trans and Gender Diverse People was established to facilitate the creation of guidelines aimed at “increasing access and utilization of quality and respectful health services by trans and gender diverse people,” and establishing “health policies that support gender-inclusive care, and legal recognition of self-determined gender identity.”
OK, what, precisely, is "genderf**king," and how is it a critical legal theory? Well, I looked into it and found a definition.
Genderf*** seeks to subvert traditional gender binary by mixing or bending one’s gender expression, identity, or presentation (e.g., a transgender woman wearing a dress and having a beard may considered genderf*** or engaging in genderf***ing).
How is this different from "non-binary" or "genderfluid," other than the gratuitous dropping of F-bombs to shake up the more traditionally-minded folks among us? I admit I'm far from an expert on these terms, assuming anyone can keep track of them as they go by. However, the WHO thinks they have found some experts on this ever-changing landscape of sexual preferences and practices. Experts they are indeed - experts on prostitution, transgenderism and, yes, "genderf***ing." By the way, I was unable to determine precisely how "genderf***ing" is a critical legal theory. But apparently it can be used as a strategy to resist gender governance, whatever that is.
Among the experts named by the WHO is Erika Castellanos, who the WHO says is “a trans woman living with HIV from Belize who resides in the Netherlands.” Castellanos, a former prostitute, is a member of the International AIDS Society, where he focuses on “youth engagement in HIV activism.” It also includes Florence Ashley, an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and former clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, who the WHO describes as a “transfeminine jurist and bioethicist whose work focuses on trans issues in the legal and healthcare systems.” His most recent work is on how to use “genderf**king” as a strategy to resist “gender governance.”
The WHO’s decision to staff the board with radical transgender activists calls into question the organization’s ability to objectively assess the medical consequences of interventions that attempt to modify one’s sex.
If that last sentence isn't the understatement of the month, it will do until a better one comes along.
The WHO isn't alone on this, of course; this is increasingly an issue that activists and advocates rather than objective researchers are pushing.
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The WHO, on their "Who We Are" page, lists this as their mission:
Our team of 8000+ professionals includes the world’s leading public health experts, including doctors, epidemiologists, scientists and managers. Together, we coordinate the world’s response to health emergencies, promote well-being, prevent disease and expand access to health care. By connecting nations, people and partners to scientific evidence they can rely on, we strive to give everyone an equal chance at a safe and healthy life.
How is this "Guidelines Development Group on the Health of Trans and Gender Diverse People" justified as being run by "public health experts, including doctors, epidemiologists," and so on? It would seem to be more accurate for the WHO to modify this statement to "public health experts, including but not limited to..." That, at least, is accurate, as the people described here would appear to be experts at advocacy of an agenda that has little or no science or, indeed, public health behind it; this is a field where someone who claims to be an expert in "genderf***ing" can land a prestigious appointment with an international body that was once respected.
This is an organization, by the way, that has put forth a proposed 2024-2025 budget of a tad less than $7 billion. The United States has, in the WHO's most recent accounting in 2020-2021, contributed almost $700 million.
Consider that this nonsense is part of what the United States is funding with your and my tax dollars. Think about whether you are getting your money's worth out of an international organization that promotes "genderf***ing."
I put it to you. And I leave it to you.
