London court rules against ‘homophobic’ parents to allow teen genital mutilation

A London High Court judge has forbidden the parents of a gender-confused teenage girl from having the child psychiatrically evaluated before she undergoes a mastectomy.

Justice Alistair MacDonald accused the parents of 17-year-old “EE” of being “homophobic” after they asked for an injunction to prevent their child from having breast removal surgery. EE, who claims she is “non-binary,” accused her parents of saying that gender-confused individuals are “evil” and “satanic,” which her parents denied. Such a statement is considered hate speech in the UK and can earn the speaker up to seven years in prison and a fine.

“I was being emotionally abused by my parents constantly because they would almost make comments to me about how identifying as transgender means I am mentally ill and they would constantly make homophobic/transphobic comments towards me and say things such as the reason LGBTQ+ is normal in the UK is because they are trying to reduce the population,” the teen girl told the court, according to The Telegraph.

EE’s parents, who immigrated with EE to the UK, produced a statement from a psychiatrist in their native country who attested that the girl suffered from bipolar disorder and had previously suffered a psychotic episode as well as catatonia. Citing a history of mental illness in the family, the parents sought the court’s injunction until they could have EE evaluated to determine whether she is of sound enough mind to make such a life-altering decision.

But EE’s lawyers said such a request was “oppressive” and produced social workers who said the teen is “a bright, strong minded young individual, doing well academically, with good strong friendship groups and an important place in the community.”

Justice MacDonald said it would be “wholly disproportionate to permit an expert to examine” EE and noted that since the girl will soon turn 18 there is no reason to grant an injunction. He wrote that in the court’s view the parents had made “homophobic comments” and that EE’s use of body piercings and chest binders were a form of self-harm as a result of being unable to “start real life.”

The judge also claimed there is no evidence that EE is mentally ill and said that the parents’ past insistence that EE go to therapy bore “some of the hallmarks of so-called ‘conversion therapy’” which is soon to be outlawed in the UK.