Letter sent to Linton Besser and Media Watch on 11 January 2026
Cc. Bernard Lane, Rachel Baxendale and Stephen Rice.
Dear Media Watch/ Linton Besser,
Western Australia gender clinic enables double mastectomies for teenage girls, secret document reveals, article by The Australian
I refer to the above article, about the medical scandal of teenagers being led into “gender transition surgery”, including mastectomies and other permanent procedures. These have clear harmful effects in their ling term mental health.
It’s unbelievable to me that this is still happening in Australia, and that it’s not front page news on ABC.
While other Center left governments in Europe and the UK are finally banning “gender affirming care”, our governments in Australia are doing everything possible to help keep the public from knowing the facts.
This article is over two days old. Bernard Lane has heroically been writing for years about children being medically “transitioned”. This is now widely recognised to be a medical scandal of monstrous proportions, which has been aided and encouraged by the embedding of transactivist narratives throughout government institutions.
As you are aware, ACON’s overreach and influence is evident in what content is “allowed” at ABC, to the extent the truth about sex and gender has been hidden for years from the public.
Its most direct impacts have been on vulnerable children. This has been obvious to me, in my work as a child protection social worker. Children in care are highly vulnerable to gender ideology and are far more likely to end up harmed by these medical procedures. As Bernard Lane will attest, the secrecy surrounding this topic is astounding.
Please do all you can to end this shocking abuse of children and childhood that is driven by career activists riding a very lucrative, taxpayer funded gravy train. I’m sorry to share these images with you but I feel it’s necessary. Critics of gender ideology are routinely dismissed by the left (even when they come from the left, as I do).
These are teenage girls who have posted their mastectomies on social media. They have been lied to by all the adults around them who were supposed to protect them.
The research is clear that it is common for girls to fear the changes that occur naturally at puberty. This of course is greatly exacerbated by trauma in childhood, such as violence or sexual abuse, as well as anorexia and autism spectrum disorders.
It is also clear from research that prototype gay / lesbian children make up the majority of trans-identifying children. Promoting gender ideology through public institutions like ABC, Health and Education has powerfully reinforced these children’s rejection of their natural bodies.
Rejection of the activist driven “gender affirming care” model would allow these children to be supported through their confusion and rejection of their natural bodies, and to come to terms and accept themselves as they are.
These girls are scarred for life. They will never be taken seriously as “male”. They will never breastfeed their baby. They will likely be infertile, due to the effects of Lupron / testosterone.
Who will these girls form relationships with? Do they understand that neither straight women, straight men or gay women are likely to be attracted to someone who has rejected their natural sex?
It is not possible for children to understand these concepts and consent to them. This is why, unsurprisingly, the suicide rate soars in the years after children are given these “treatments”. The doctors that carried these procedures out will not be there when the suicidal regret sets in 5-8 years later.
Good journalists like Stephen Rice and Rachel Baxendale l at the Australian are covering these issues, but they should not be only behind a paywall.
Please do not allow ABC to turn away from this serious medical scandal.
Sincerely,
E. Gillanders