Western countries lobby on trans and gay issues at high-level forum
NEW YORK, (C-Fam) Western delegates made it clear that "gender equality" includes homosexual and transgender ideology and much more at the High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development that concluded last week.
"Gender-based frameworks are not only essential to understanding the inequalities that affect women and girls in all their diversity. They are also essential to dismantle and deconstruct systems of violent and toxic masculinity," said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, at the annual summit that reviews progress towards the UNITED Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, also known as the UN LGBT Tsar, was chosen by Western countries to express their comprehensive views on gender during the day dedicated to the debate on Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.
Madrigal-Borloz explained that the integration of issues of homosexuality and transsexuality into "gender" is done through international and national policies that include "intersectional frameworks" that target "women in all their diversity."
Traditional countries, as is often the case, did not openly respond to these provocations during the two weeks of the summit, but they ensured that the outcome of the summit did not advance homosexual and transgender ideology. Although the result includes for the first time a stand-alone paragraph on "sexual and reproductive health", this paragraph merely duplicates
previous UN agreements, without emphasizing sexual autonomy.
A statement submitted by the US delegation complained that the summit's final agreement "does not address more explicitly" issues related to sexual autonomy and gender ideology. Delegates from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium and other Western countries expressed similar sentiments during the summit.
On the other hand, the Holy See called on countries to appreciate the unique "feminine genius" and the important role that women play in the family. The Holy See also denounced the "subtle discrimination against motherhood" that women face in society.
The term "gender" is now ubiquitous in UN agreements, even though countries differ widely on how they understand the term. For traditional countries, "gender" is just another word for "sex." It refers to men and women, and nothing else. This is the definition of gender enshrined in international law by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Therefore, for traditional countries, gender equality means giving women the same opportunities as men in society.
For Western countries, "gender" means much more than equality between men and women in society. It represents a transformation of society from sexual mores based on marriage and family formation to sexual independence and
autonomy detached from responsibility towards the family.
To achieve this gender transformation, sexual activity outside of marriage, including for children, is celebrated as a form of emancipation from traditional family norms. The same applies to sexual activity that dissociates sex from reproduction through abortion and contraception, as well as to sexual norms that deny the biological reality of men and women such as, for example, homosexuality and transgender ideology.
In line with this reasoning, Madrigal-Borloz called on countries to provide access to sexual and reproductive health services and empower children through comprehensive sexuality and gender education.
"Gender-based frameworks are not only essential to understanding the inequalities that affect women and girls in all their diversity. They are also essential to dismantle and deconstruct systems of violent and toxic masculinity," said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, at the annual summit that reviews progress towards the UNITED Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, also known as the UN LGBT Tsar, was chosen by Western countries to express their comprehensive views on gender during the day dedicated to the debate on Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.
Madrigal-Borloz explained that the integration of issues of homosexuality and transsexuality into "gender" is done through international and national policies that include "intersectional frameworks" that target "women in all their diversity."
Traditional countries, as is often the case, did not openly respond to these provocations during the two weeks of the summit, but they ensured that the outcome of the summit did not advance homosexual and transgender ideology. Although the result includes for the first time a stand-alone paragraph on "sexual and reproductive health", this paragraph merely duplicates
previous UN agreements, without emphasizing sexual autonomy.
A statement submitted by the US delegation complained that the summit's final agreement "does not address more explicitly" issues related to sexual autonomy and gender ideology. Delegates from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium and other Western countries expressed similar sentiments during the summit.
On the other hand, the Holy See called on countries to appreciate the unique "feminine genius" and the important role that women play in the family. The Holy See also denounced the "subtle discrimination against motherhood" that women face in society.
The term "gender" is now ubiquitous in UN agreements, even though countries differ widely on how they understand the term. For traditional countries, "gender" is just another word for "sex." It refers to men and women, and nothing else. This is the definition of gender enshrined in international law by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Therefore, for traditional countries, gender equality means giving women the same opportunities as men in society.
For Western countries, "gender" means much more than equality between men and women in society. It represents a transformation of society from sexual mores based on marriage and family formation to sexual independence and
autonomy detached from responsibility towards the family.
To achieve this gender transformation, sexual activity outside of marriage, including for children, is celebrated as a form of emancipation from traditional family norms. The same applies to sexual activity that dissociates sex from reproduction through abortion and contraception, as well as to sexual norms that deny the biological reality of men and women such as, for example, homosexuality and transgender ideology.
In line with this reasoning, Madrigal-Borloz called on countries to provide access to sexual and reproductive health services and empower children through comprehensive sexuality and gender education.
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By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
Western countries lobby on trans and gay issues at high-level forum - C-Fam
By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
Western countries lobby on trans and gay issues at high-level forum - C-Fam
