Article [German]: Affirmation at all costs: Parents in Austria break their silence

Read how in Austria an institutional system of affirmation sidelines parents and pushes teenagers toward social, legal, and medical transition.

In this piece for Cicero, our Director Faika El-Nagashi reports on parents in Austria who, for the first time, speak publicly about their struggle with a system that treats every adolescent declaration of a trans identity as unquestionable. Schools, clinics, and social services leave parents sidelined, while young people are channelled toward irreversible interventions — often against international evidence and recommendations.

Read the article in German here:
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