Children could soon be allowed to choose their gender, with no age limits, under eye-opening new plans from the European Union.
The European Commission’s latest “LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030” says it will “support the development of legal gender recognition procedures based on self-determination that are free from age restrictions.”
In other words, children of any age could decide to change their gender without seeing a doctor or therapist first.
The document admits that “requirements for legal gender recognition vary significantly across Member States,” adding that some EU countries still demand medical checks, something the European Court of Human Rights says “may infringe human rights.”
Brussels says it will “facilitate exchanges of best practices” between countries to push through new gender laws — but critics have blasted the move as dangerous and “chilling.”
Therapy designed to help youngsters think through gender changes could be banned entirely.
The Commission has also taken a swipe at countries such as Britain, where people still need a GP’s sign-off before legally switching gender.
Sex-based rights campaigner Maya Forstater, chief exec of Sex Matters, told The Telegraph:
“This chilling EU-wide strategy pushes legal gender self-identification for children of any age and a ban on talking therapy for vulnerable children.
It is a mercy that British campaigners for sex-based rights don’t have to deal with this sinister strategy and the pernicious capture of EU institutions, on top of our own challenges in the UK.
Gender activists have entrenched their ideology in European institutions with devastating consequences for women and girls, vulnerable children, and gay and lesbian people.”
Women’s group the Athena Forum, dubbed the EU’s version of Sex Matters, accused Brussels of “silencing women.”
Under the proposals, EU states that refuse to go along with the new gender rules could see their funding cut, with “discriminating regions” punished for failing to uphold “EU values.”
At the moment, just nine of the 27 EU countries allow people to change their gender by self-identifying, while 12 still demand medical proof.
In Britain, teens as young as 16 can start hormone treatment, but they can’t officially change their gender on medical records until they turn 18.
The proposals still need sign-off from EU governments — but critics fear the new rules could make it almost impossible to question a child’s decision to change gender.
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