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Parents in Switzerland are in a legal battle after social services took away their 16-year-old daughter because they refused to affirm her ‘gender identity’.
The unnamed parents discovered their daughter’s gender confusion in 2021 following other mental health concerns. But after they challenged her school for ‘socially transitioning’ her without their consent, she was placed in a Government-funded youth shelter in April 2023.
Now, after failing to regain authority over their daughter’s medical professionals, they are appealing against a court order that forces them to provide documents that would enable her to change her legal sex.
The girl’s father said: “The story is truly a nightmare. Swiss authorities have taken our child, our daughter, who’s 16 years old. My daughter now lives in a government home. Our access to her is regulated by the government.”
The parents stated that they “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”.