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Description: We, the undersigned, strongly object to The World Health Organization's (WHO's) naming of a biased panel tasked with creating new transgender health guidelines. Of the 21 announced panel members, over three-fourths are transgender activists. The few physicians either specialize in HIV or are 'gender doctors.' WHO's stated plan to promote hormones and 'legal recognition of self-identified gender' will harm innumerable gender dysphoric youth, gays, lesbians, and other women. WHO must cancel this group's first

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We call on the World Health Organization (WHO) to participate in, rather than preempt, an open and transparent dialogue about the scientific and societal implications of gender dysphoria treatments, the importance of biological sex, and the best way to protect trans-identified individuals without sacrificing protections for other vulnerable groups including women and children. Such a dialogue requires that a diversity of perspectives from experts and stakeholders be heard, that the public be given sufficien

On December 18, 2023, WHO announced that it will be developing a guideline on "the health of trans and gender diverse people." WHO also published the names of the 21 guideline panel members who are scheduled to meet from February 19-21, 2024 at WHO's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. As part of that announcement, WHO opened a brief window for public comment, scheduled to close on January 8, 2024.

The signatories to this online Petition have many grave concerns about WHO's announcement. These concerns, addressed in greater detail below, include:

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