Cry for Recognition
A Belgian organisation that addresses gender dysphoria from the perspective of detransitioners, parents and clinicians who doubt the gender-affirmative pathway as a standard protocol. Trilingual website (NL/FR/EN), based in Flanders.
Mission and core values
The organisation advocates for evidence-based information about gender dysphoria and opposes affirmative therapy as the sole treatment option. Central values: respect and equality, freedom of expression, acceptance of gay, lesbian and bisexual young people as they are, and recognition of sex as binary and immutable. Distance from any form of stigmatisation.
Target audiences
Young people questioning themselves.
Detransitioners — those who have stopped or reversed a transition.
Parents of gender-dysphoric children.
Citizens who push back on what the organisation calls "gender ideology".
What the organisation offers
Testimonies — collected personal accounts by detransitioners, parents and clinicians (Tiger Reed, Michelle Alleva, Walt Heyer, Laura Becker, Dr William Malone and others).
Facts — a thematic page with eight propositions on biology, causation, risks and the international shift.
News — the US $2 million jury verdict for a detransitioner (February 2026), the UK Supreme Court ruling on biological sex (April 2025), the WPATH Files (March 2024) and the Zembla documentaries on puberty blockers.
Guides — the Genspect parental survey (Stella O'Malley), a concise guide for schools, the parent leaflet Mum, Dad, I am TRANS.
Sources — directories of critical websites, multimedia and books in NL/FR/EN.
Activities
On 29 May 2026, Cry for Recognition is hosting a screening of the film Generation Trans in Leuven, followed by a panel: child psychiatrist Sophie Dechêne, psychologist Roelien den Ouden and Marianne Driessen (Athena Forum). The organisation publishes the podcast with Mia Hughes on activist ideology in paediatric gender medicine and distributes the English-language film Detransitioners — A European Tragedy.
Compliance
The organisation adheres to the Memorandum of Understanding of Protecting Puberty, which commits signatories to protecting adolescents from irreversible medical interventions.
Source and contact
Website (NL/FR/EN): cryforrecognition.be
Email: info@cryforrecognition.be
Social media: Facebook (/cryforrecognition/), X (@cryforrecognit).
Profile based on Cry for Recognition's public publications; for the full texts see cryforrecognition.be. Translations of this page: Nederlands · français.