The High Health Authority (HA) announced this Friday, July 18 that it would not be pronounced before 2026 about the care of minors who want to start a gender transition, informing an “absence of consensus” at this stage.
“We observed that there is a consensus on adults and that we do not find the same consensus on minors,” said the president of HA, Lionel Collet, during a press conference, adding that the work on the development of recommendations for minors would begin at the beginning of 2026. “
It is pronounced in adult gender transitions
The independent authority, on the other hand, made its recommendations on adults who wish to participate in a gender transition, an expected opinion in particular by associations for the defense of LGBT+ rights that regularly report obstacles found by the people involved in their care courses.
“Regarding surgical management, he has recommended responding to surgery applications for trans people,” reads his opinion.
“He has recognized in this regard, in his opinion, that” the conditions of access to quality care remain very heterogeneous in the territory “, highlighting a risk of” renunciation of attention “,” self -medication “and mental disorders” that can go as far as suicide. “
However, it must be added: “Delivery clear, loyal and adapted preoperative information on surgical terms, risks (in the short or medium term) and the character of certain acts for which a period of reflection is provided, to allow the person to give their informed consent.”
“A systematic psychiatric opinion is not recommended”, but “psychological support can be provided according to the needs of the person,” said Claire Compagnon, president of the HA recommendations commission, at the same press conference at Ha headquarters in Saint-Denis (Sena-Saint-Denis). Transition attention “is not a comfort but a vital problem,” he added.
Source: BFM TV
