Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 16:44 pm

The United Nations (U.N.) Expert on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem was joined by detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole last week in urging governments to support parents in protecting their children from “gender transition” medical interventions.

“Parents and legal guardians must be part of these processes from the very beginning,” Alsalem said during a Sept. 8 panel coordinated by the Alliance Defending Freedom International at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.

“Yet, in many countries, parents who do not want to endorse a ‘gender-affirmative’ approach to their children’s distress have too often been left unsupported at best, or vilified, ostracized, or even separated from their children,” said Alsalem, who oppo

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