Category: News
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The world v Trent Aitken: Hundreds across the globe take on boy from Burnie
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in NewsMore than 700 people, from all corners of the globe, have called for a controversial Burnie councillor to resign. The petition, which garnered 749 signatures, called Councillor Trent Aitken “to resign his position” effective immediately upon the tabling of the petition. It was in response to “recent actions of hate speech, bullying and anti-discrimination on social media“,…
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Retired judge Steven Strickland says key puberty blocker case ‘may have been different’ in light of new evidence
A judge who helped decide a landmark case giving parents – not courts – the authority to approve puberty blockers for their children says the outcome might have been different if today’s medical evidence had been available. A judge who helped decide a landmark case in 2013 giving parents, rather than courts, the authority to…
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Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says
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in NewsA Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass should have her party membership revoked, according to a Labor MLC A controversial Liberal candidate has been accused of previously campaigning against her own party, which Labor claims should be grounds for her dismissal. Julie Sladden has again been preselected to run for the Liberals in Bass,…
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Australian clinicians call for halt of gender affirming interventions
Over 100 Australian clinicians have signed the letter calling for the halt of gender affirming interventions. Read below: OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN HEALTH BODIES REGARDING GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS As clinicians, we call on our professional bodies and regulatory authorities to urgently acknowledge and respond to recent international and local developments in the field of youth gender…
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Trinity Grammar sparks outrage after lewd video of invited Pride speaker Basem Kerbage emerges
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in NewsParents at one of Melbourne’s top private schools have been left outraged after a Palestinian Pride activist with a controversial social media presence was invited to speak to students. A Palestinian Pride activist with a controversial social media presence has spoken at an Anglican boys’ school, enraging parents and upsetting students. After the event, boys…
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Children’s hospital backs Michelle Telfer after judge’s criticism
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has championed its chief of medicine Michelle Telfer after a judge found she gave misleading evidence in support of a mother who wanted her child to be prescribed puberty blockers. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has championed its chief of medicine Michelle Telfer as a highly respected pediatrician who saves lives –…
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Doctor’s advocacy trumped duty to objectivity in court
The public should know why gender-affirming care became the dominant practice in Australia without good quality evidence to support it. Medicalised gender change for distressed minors, driven by puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, is experimental treatment. Since 2019, jurisdictions as different as Finland, Florida, Sweden and England have independently put these hormonal treatments to the…
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Judge critical of Michelle Telfer over gender guidelines, evidence
Judge Andrew Strum has criticised the evidence of gender medicine expert Dr Michelle Telfer and allowed publication of her name and of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne following a landmark case. Australia’s foremost gender medicine expert and the lead author of the nation’s guidelines on gender-affirming care, Michelle Telfer, was excoriated by a Family Court…
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Medical report leaked that ‘proves Imane Khelif is biological male’
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Sex-test results published online which debunk IOC’s stance on controversial Olympic champion Imane Khelif’s sex-test results from the 2023 World Championships have been published for the first time, with the medical report appearing to indicate that the boxer is biologically male. Just 36 hours after World Boxing ruled that Khelif, a hugely controversial Olympic champion in women’s…
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Witch ‘thrown out by Druids after being accused of transphobia’
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Angela Howard claims her membership was revoked after she supported the exclusion of trans women from single-sex spaces A witch has claimed she was thrown off a Druid training course amid allegations that she was “transphobic” in a row over women’s rights. Angela Howard claimed she joined the British Druid Order (BDO) in 2020 to…