EU's LGBTIQ+ strategy allows children any age to legally change gender via self-determination. Therapy to confirm children's gender certainty will be discarded. Age restrictions on gender recognition eliminated across member states. Non-compliant regions face funding blocks for discrimination. Only 9 of 27 EU states currently allow self-ID – others require medical checks. UK criticized for needing GP approval before opposite-sex identification. Talking therapy for gender-distressed children could be banned. Strategy condemned for silencing women and harming vulnerable kids. European Court rules medical requirements infringe human rights. Commission pushes best practices for unrestricted self-ID. Britain gives hormones to 16-year-olds but delays record change until 18.