LGBTQ activists make up more than half of WHO’s transgender health committee and have no health background: Report

More than half of the transgender health coverage committee members at the World Health Organization have no health history, and many of them are sex activists, according to a statement by the British publication The Daily Mail.

In December, the WHO released succinct website biographies for each of the 21 members of this section, which was tasked with developing a recommendation for how nations should handle people with gender dysphoria.

The guide “will provide information and execution guidance on health sector interventions aimed at increasing access and utilization of quality and respectful health services by trans and female different people,” according to a news release from the WHO.

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The new trans wellness council of the World Health Organization has drawn criticism for having a large number of LGBTQ activists on it. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo)

Out of these 21 users, the shop discovered that 11 of them lack proper medical training. Just eight of them are full-fledged doctors, seven are transgender, and just 10 have medical backgrounds.

Numerous members of this new committee, including some who identify as transgender, are described in the histories as Gay activists.

Apako Williams, for instance, was referred to as “the founder and executive director of Tranz Network Uganda (TNU), a legally registered Company Limited by Guarantee, dedicated to defending the human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in Uganda.”

The non-binary committee member was described as a “trans and feminist activist based in Morocco” in Ayouba El Hamri’s biography, and the pronouns “they” and “them” were used to describe this person.

Hamri joined the “Queer Women Network as a Board of Directors part” in 2022, according to the WHO website.

The person with “they/them” pronouns was referred to in Florence Ashley’s biography as a “transfeminine jurist and bioethicist whose work focuses on trans issues in the legal and healthcare systems.”

In addition to writing “Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis” in 2022, Ashley also produced “30 refereed papers in law, bioethics, healthcare, and social science,” according to the entrance.

Ashley was identified as the “agency’s most controversial and outspoken part” by The Daily Mail, which dug deep into her past.

The shop referred to a TikTok video in which the transgender person—who appears to be biologically male—criticisms the steps trans people must take to make sure gender-affirming treatment is the best course of action for them.

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Some of the WHO’s established trans health council members, who will offer advice to countries on how to deal with trans people, are ardent LGBTQ activists. (AFP via Getty Images/ANGELA WEISS)

Ashley questioned, “Is there any justification for requiring people to undergo a protracted and difficult female assessment in order to get gender-affirming care, or is that pointless and should the time be better spent supporting decision-making?”

They continued, “Gender assessments are really an unwanted type of gatekeeping that transgender communities have been against for a while.”

Teddy Cook, a council member who WHO referred to as “ACON’s Director of LGBTQ+ Community Health, overseeing customer services and LGBT+ health, capital, and hurt reduction programs,” has made “rosy” statements about the female transition process, according to the article.

The outlet noted that Cook has asserted that the “actual side effects” of transitioning can include a “significantly improved quality of life” [a dramatic decrease in stress, depression, and anxiety], as well as an increase in identity euphoria and trans pleasure.

Since its announcement last year, the WHO section has received a lot of criticism. Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, accused the council of having “major uncontrolled conflicts of interest” in a letter to the director general of the WHO.

Stakeholders with opposing viewpoints from those of transgender activist organizations don’t seem to have been invited, Alsalem continued.

In a speech, LGBT Courage Coalition Executive Director Jamie Reed asserted that the committee is made up of “epoch-driven protesters with little to no medical knowledge.”

Reed also put together a complaint that has more than 8,000 signatures and protests the agency’s upcoming meeting in February.

According to WHO Spokesperson Tarik Jaarevi, this council is now in a “notice phase” so that WHO can get input from the general public and pertinent stakeholders in accordance with WHO guidelines for development procedures.

They added, “We encourage participants to give feedback to WHO through the stations specified in the above news,” adding that “All sights will be weighed on the content of the GDG as part of a guideline development process which began in 2021.”

Jaarevi added that the committee’s recommendations are “focused on adults just,” “disregarding any potential criticism that WHO is attempting to promote guidance for dealing with trans minors.”