World Health Organization, ‘Under the Cover of Darkness,’ Plans February Meeting on New Global Transgender Guidelines

Though not governing law, the guidelines would likely be weaponized against the more than 20 states that have passed restrictions on gender transitions for minors, an analyst tells the Sun.

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People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility by the Capitol at Washington. AP/Jacquelyn Martin, file

The World Health Organization is set to meet in February to discuss transgender healthcare guidelines on five major topic areas expected to have ripple effects globally. 

The meeting, which will take place at the organization’s headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland, from February 19-21, was announced quietly ahead of the holiday season in December. It comes as another highly influential medical organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, faces legal fire for its policies on gender transition services for minors, as the Sun has reported

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