The new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 is stirring controversy by proposing that kids can legally pick their gender at any age — no doctors, no red tape.

Under the draft plan, age thresholds for gender recognition would vanish, and the need for therapeutic assessments could be outlawed.

The Commission’s proposal promises to “support the development of legal gender recognition procedures based on self-determination that are free from age restrictions.”

The plan doesn’t stop there: Brussels would also wield the stick, threatening to block EU funds from “discriminating regions” that refuse to fall in line with its values.

The EU proposals only cover legal gender recognition, meaning medical checks and assessments for hormones or surgery would still be required.

The strategy document

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