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Hildur Hjaltadottir vs. transgender people

Hrafnhildur Hjaltadóttir is an Icelandic radiologist and anti-transgender activist. Based in Sweden, Hjaltadóttir is affiliated with the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM), a SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group.

Hjaltadóttir is active in promoting anti-trans models of care in the United States and in Sweden (the so-called “Nordic Model”).

Background

Hrafnhildur “Hildur” Hjaltadóttir earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Iceland in 2009. Hjaltadóttir earned a medical degree from Landspitali University in 2008, then worked at Landspitali University Hospital until 2010.

From 2011 to 2020, Hjaltadóttir worked at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, earning a radiology specialization. In 2020, Hjaltadóttir joined the Radiology Department at Alingsås Hospital in Alingsås, Sweden and was appointed Senior Consultant in Radiology in 2021.

Anti-trans activism

Hjaltadóttir is a signatory of numerous anti-trans petitions and open letters, including pieces published by Womens Declaration International, Women Speak Scotland, Nordic Model Now!, and Women’s Human Rights Campaign.

It appears that Hjaltadóttir was involved in shaping the January 2021 release for sex and gender content for SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms), a comprehensive, multilingual clinical terminology used to describe and classify medical concepts, conditions, procedures, and findings. 

On April 25, 2022, Hjaltadóttir attended a teleconference with US government officials on healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth. The meeting was requested by William Malone of SEGM.

References

Staff report (April 11, 2024). Debatt: ”Dra tillbaka förslaget om ny könstillhörighetslag” [Debate: “Withdraw the proposal for a new gender identity law”]. Dagens Medicin https://www.dagensmedicin.se/opinion/debatt/dra-tillbaka-forslaget-om-ny-konstillhorighetslag/

  • Sven Román, barn- och ungdomspsykiater
  • Christopher Gillberg, professor och specialistläkare i barn- och ungdomspsykiatri
  • Elisabeth Fernell, professor i barn- och ungdomspsykiatri och barnneurolog
  • Carina Blomström Lundqvist, professor och hjärtläkare
  • Rurik Löfmark, docent i medicinsk etik och hjärtläkare
  • Fred Andersen, disputerad allmänläkare
  • Karl Sallin, doktorand och barnneurolog
  • Gudrun Nygren, barn- och ungdomspsykiater och barnläkare
  • Fredrik Lundkvist, barn- och ungdomspsykiater
  • Mats Reimer, barnläkare
  • Anders Bjerg Bäcklund, barnläkare
  • Johanna Dalström, barnläkare
  • Anna Hicke-Roberts, barnläkare
  • Arnaldo Kaminer, vuxenpsykiater
  • Marit Johanne Bruset, psykolog
  • Christian Schmitt, allmänläkare
  • Hrafnhildur Hjaltadottir, röntgenläkare
  • Eva Ring, specialistläkare i gynekologi

17 signatories (March 9, 2024). ”Stressa inte fram ny lag om juridiskt kön” [“Don’t stress about a new law on legal gender”]. Svenska Dagbladet https://www.svd.se/a/gEgA20/stressa-inte-fram-ny-lag-om-juridiskt-kon-skriver-gillberg-med-flera

Nordic Model Now! (March 4, 2024). [letter to leaders of Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights]. https://nordicmodelnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Letter-to-the-Council-of-Europe.pdf [Signatory: “Iceland 668. Hrafnhildur Hjaltadottir”]

Staff report (June 1, 2023). ”Sänk inte åldersgräns för juridiskt könsbyte” [Debate: “Lower the age limit for legal gender change”]. Svenska Dagbladet https://www.svd.se/a/zEXKG1/debattorer-sank-inte-aldersgransen-for-juridiskt-konsbyte

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) (April 25, 2022). EO 12866 Meeting 0945-AA17. Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities https://mobile.reginfo.gov/public/do/viewEO12866Meeting?viewRule=true&rin=0945-AA17&meetingId=131923&acronym=0945-HHS/OCR

Women’s Human Rights Campaign (June 27, 2021). [Letter to Ms. Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney, re downgrade of Feminist Legal Clinic]. https://feministlegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Open-letter-to-Lord-Mayor-of-Sydney-June-2021.pdf

SNOMED CT (March 17, 2021). Sex and Gender Clinical Project Group Meeting. https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/CP/2021-03-17+-+Sex+and+Gender+Clinical+Project+Group+Meeting

Hjaltadóttir, Hrafnhildur (March 13, 2021). The effects of hormonal manipulation in children, teenagers and adolescents with gender dysphoria. Womens Declaration International https://womensdeclaration.com/documents/172/PB-CSH.pdf

Womens Declaration International (March 6, 2021). Our Letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer. https://womensdeclarationusa.com/our-letter-to-senate-majority-leader-charles-schumer/ [signatory 1026. Hrafnhildur Hjaltadottir, Sweden]

SNOMED CT (January 2021). Current Sex and Gender content – SNOMED CT. https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/CP/Current+Sex+and+Gender+content+-+SNOMED+CT

Women Speak Scotland (June 2020). Open Letter [expressing “support and solidarity with J. K. Rowling“]. https://womenspeakscotland.com/open-letter/ [signatory: Hrafnhildur Hjaltadottir (Sweden)]

Hjaltadottir H, Hebelka H, Molinder C, Brisby H, Baranto A (2019). Axial loading during MRI reveals insufficient effect of percutaneous interspinous implants (Aperius™ PerCLID™) on spinal canal area. European Spine Journal (Vol. 29, Issue 1, pp. 122–128). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06159-y

Media

Womens Declaration International (March 2, 2021). Stéphane Mitchell on the effect transgenderism in Swiss schools & hospitals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRoZzaJ26Kc

Resources

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