This image is from a Finnish news outlet (https://www.hs.fi/helsinki/art-2000012096889.html), taken from 2026 Helsinki Pride. Trans activists from Trans ry and Aurora Helsinki are calling to have multiple Finnish doctors and researchers removed from their position (or: Kaltiala to be taken "down" (there's no violent connotations in Finnish) and the rest they're telling to go to hell, I guess).
Kaltiala: is for sure Riittakerttu Kaltiala, chief psychiatrist, professor of youth psychiatry, has researched trans issues extensively (https://researchportal.tuni.fi/fi/persons/riittakerttu-kaltiala/publications/ (also with her previous surname Kaltiala-Heino)) and is probably one of the top researchers of the topic in the world
Tuisku: possibly Katinka Tuisku, the deputy chief doctor for the hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa, whose research has been about psychiatric morbidity among adolescents and young adults, for example (https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/fi/persons/katinka-tuisku/)
Kettula: possibly Kaisa Kettula, specialist psychiatrist, who has studied e.g. (experimental) treatment of gender dysphoria in patients with non-binary gender identities, and gender dysphoria and detransitioning in adults (https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/fi/persons/kaisa-h-kettula/publications/)
Ruuska: possibly Sami-Matti Ruuska, specialist psychiatrist in youth psychiatry, whose research found that significant number of youth who seek sex reassignment have severe psychiatric disorders and that physical transition may not alleviate symptoms (https://yle.fi/a/74-20219979)
Heino: possibly Elias Heino, who is a PhD student and has done research on gender dysphoria, transgender identity and mental health in adolescence (https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/duo17611), but of this one I am least sure
And trans movement is not anti science?
Here is a Reddit post calling for people to join their section in the Pride march: https://www.reddit.com/r/transnord/comments/1uclcao/join_our_antitranspoli_block_at_helsinki_pride/ The post states e.g. that trans outpatient clinics are gatekeepers, who stop or unreasonably stall vital health care for transgender people. The post also states that getting treatment requires fulfilling arbitrary criteria and can be completely stopped due to issues that have nothing to do with it, such as being overweight or neuroatypical, or even not doing well in school.
Of course, if there are issues with the care, that should be investigated. But no other field of "healthcare" gets this much opposition to the science behind it. Imagine something like this going on about research on heart conditions or cancer. On the Reddit post linked above someone is outright saying that Kaltiala's research is made up, which means they are questioning the whole university system. Not saying that critique shouldn't be given when it's due, of course, but something tells me it isn't in this case.
Apparently what trans activists want to have in Finland as well is the informed consent model. Too bad it works so bloody badly in a tax-payed system. I mean, it sounds like elective procedures to me.
