Swiss parents are appealing the decision of authorities to separate their child from them for over a year after they refused to legally endorse their child's gender transition, according to a Press Release published on Thursday.
The release states that the parents, who have remained anonymous to protect their family, declined puberty blockers for their biological daughter who expressed "gender confusion" and opted to get their child mental health care. They were concerned that their child was being "pushed to make hasty and potentially irreversible decisions," per the statement.
Because of this, Swiss authorities removed the child from their care and placed the child in a government shelter, where the child has remained for over a year and "is being encouraged to pursue dangerous medical interventions to 'transition'." The parents are now facing "a legal stand-off over their fundamental rights as parents to care for their child" as they appeal the decision.
Along with the press release, the parents released a video with their faces blurred and voices altered.
The mother and the father said: “I can’t believe we live in a society where your child can be taken away from you simply for trying to protect her. We want our daughter back home. We love her and we miss her."
Lead lawyer for their case, Dr. Felix Boellmann, stated: "Children who experience discomfort with their biological sex deserve to be treated with dignity and need compassionate mental health care, which these parents have gone to great lengths to provide. These parents are living every parent’s worst nightmare. Their child has been taken away from them simply for trying to protect her from harm. The implications of this are devastating not only for them as a family, but also for all of society. No society can claim to be free if parents can lose their daughter solely for affirming biological reality.”
The release states that the parents, who have remained anonymous to protect their family, declined puberty blockers for their biological daughter who expressed "gender confusion" and opted to get their child mental health care. They were concerned that their child was being "pushed to make hasty and potentially irreversible decisions," per the statement.
Because of this, Swiss authorities removed the child from their care and placed the child in a government shelter, where the child has remained for over a year and "is being encouraged to pursue dangerous medical interventions to 'transition'." The parents are now facing "a legal stand-off over their fundamental rights as parents to care for their child" as they appeal the decision.
Along with the press release, the parents released a video with their faces blurred and voices altered.
The mother and the father said: “I can’t believe we live in a society where your child can be taken away from you simply for trying to protect her. We want our daughter back home. We love her and we miss her."
Lead lawyer for their case, Dr. Felix Boellmann, stated: "Children who experience discomfort with their biological sex deserve to be treated with dignity and need compassionate mental health care, which these parents have gone to great lengths to provide. These parents are living every parent’s worst nightmare. Their child has been taken away from them simply for trying to protect her from harm. The implications of this are devastating not only for them as a family, but also for all of society. No society can claim to be free if parents can lose their daughter solely for affirming biological reality.”
