When it comes to the transgender issue, Sweden sobered up earlier than many other countries.
Paediatricians have pleaded with politicians to take into account the suffering of young people, especially girls misdiagnosed as trans
In 2022, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare decided that children diagnosed with gender dysphoria must no longer be treated with puberty blockers (except in a few very rare cases). This came after SVT, Sweden’s equivalent of the BBC, uncovered several dreadful scandals related to Sweden’s transgender care for children.
In one case, a biological girl was, at the age of 15, suffering from osteoporosis as a result of being given puberty blockers. It also turned out that the health care system had systematically threatened parents with social services if they opposed so-called ‘treatment’ for their transgender children.
After the programme aired, the Swedish National Board of Health decided to step in. Its new guidelines stated that there was not enough evidence to support hormone treatment for children, and that any treatments on underage children needed parental approval. By
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