We’d be wise to ignore the Council of Europe’s transgender nonsense

The Council of Europe might claim to be focussed on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but lately the Strasbourg-based human rights organisation has been championing a new cause: the propagation of gender identity ideology. A paper released earlier this month by the Council’s Commissioner for Human Rights should ring alarm bells across the continent. Human Rights and Gender Identity and Expression pulls no punches. The key recommendations are alarming, for example:

Recognise the identity of trans school-age children and students in school settings, regardless of their legal gender/sex, including by allowing them to use their own names and pronouns, dress as they wish, and participate in sports and other activities according to their gender identity and expression.

The zealotry doesn’t stop with children. According to the commissioner, ‘national policies governing participation in sports should start from a position where trans people can participate according to their gender identity’. Meanwhile, we are told that everyone should be able to use ‘sanitation facilities’ according to their ‘gender identity’.