Category: Paediatric Gender Medicine
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Call on Health Minister to defer debate on Conversion Bill and back push for National Inquiry
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) have called on the Health Minister Guy Barnett to defer debate on The Justice Miscellaneous (Conversion Practices) Bill 2024 and back the call from Dr Philip Morris, President of the National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP) for an independent investigation into treatments being used for vulnerable children struggling with gender dysphoria. WSTs call…
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Puberty Suppression for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria and the Child’s Right to an Open Future
Right to “Open future” is most consistent with letting children become adults before proceeding with gender transition, conclude study authors A new peer-reviewed article published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior examines the clinical and ethical implications of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria through the lens of “the child’s right to an open future.” As…
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Chronology of Burnie Library Forum cancellation
Below are the details to our cancelled forum at the Burnie Library on the 21st March 2024, which was about the latest details coming from Europe in relation to the use of puberty blockers and gender affirming care in children and young people and detailed information from the UK government CASS Review *Personal emails and phone numbers…
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Forum: Puberty Blockers – The 21st Century global medical scandal
Women Speak Tasmania members organised a Forum in Burnie Library to warn parents of the risks of the use of puberty blockers in gender medicine. But the library cancelled WST’s booking on Monday morning, saying that the content of the forum did not meet the library’s policy on supporting diversity and inclusion. In a letter…
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Puberty blocker and insurance bans are red flags for Premier Rockcliff on trans health care
Recent bans and restrictions on the use of puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for treatment of gender dysphoria in minors in numerous European countries, along with changes to insurance cover for doctors in Australia, is a wake up call to Premier Rockcliff over trans child health care. Spokeswoman Isla MacGregor said “Women Speak Tasmania…
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An Open Letter to Australia’s Doctors
Dear Doctor, In Australia, we have a clear template of the standard referral pathway. General practitioners refer to specialists, who refer to sub-specialists. Whenever we feel we need a more specialised opinion than our own we refer the patient to a colleague along this pathway. We can often choose to whom we refer; we may…
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Psychiatrists take a cautious turn on youth gender clinics
Psychiatrists have been alerted to the ethical and legal risks of medicalised gender change for young people and the lack of good evidence on whether it helps or harms. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has adopted a new, more cautious policy towards the “gender affirming” treatment approach spearheaded in Australia by…
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When Children Say They’re Trans
Hormones? Surgery? The choices are fraught—and there are no easy answers. By Jesse Singal Claire is a 14-year-old girl with short auburn hair and a broad smile. She lives outside Philadelphia with her mother and father, both professional scientists. Claire can come across as an introvert, but she quickly opens up, and what seemed like shyness reveals…