Tag: gender-affirming model
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Invitation: Health Forum at Parliament House
Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care Thursday 27 November, 1–5 pm – Parliament Reception Room Australia’s leading clinicians in child and adolescent psychiatry, psychology, and mental health will address a full audience this Thursday at Parliament House. The forum will examine: Last week, a group of senior clinicians wrote to federal Health Minister Mark…
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Day Two Reflections from the Gender Healthcare Summit – CASC
The second day of the inaugural Coalition Advancing Scientific Care (CASC) Gender Healthcare Summit began early, with a warm welcome from CASC President, Dr Patrick Clarke. His opening remarks set the tone for a day filled with evidence, ethics, and courage. The first keynote came from Professor Riittakerttu Kaltiala, a leading adolescent psychiatrist from Tampere…
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Day One Reflections from the Gender Healthcare Summit – CASC
I’d been looking forward to this conference for weeks — the inaugural Coalition Advancing Scientific Care (CASC) Gender Healthcare Summit — and it didn’t disappoint. I was especially excited to hear from one of my favourite writers, Helen Joyce, author of the bestselling book “Trans: When Ideology meets Reality” , along with many other incredible…
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Analysis of The “41% Study” and Suicide in Transgender People
One of the most widely quoted claims in debates about gender identity and medical treatment is that “41% of transgender people attempt suicide.” This figure comes from a 2014 report titled Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults, based on the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS). For more than a decade, this statistic has…
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Doctor’s Case for Science in Teen Gender Dysphoria Care
Riittakerttu Kaltiala didn’t know how divisive transgender politics was until she called out the use of puberty blockers Finnish psychiatrist Riittakerttu Kaltiala holds a unique and important position in the treatment of gender dysphoria. She has had a front-row seat for the introduction and subsequent rollback of gender-affirming care in her native Finland across the…
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‘The situation has totally changed’: Finnish expert to talk at Australian gender dysphoria conference
Adolescent psychiatrist Riittakerttu Kaltiala has seen an improvement in treatment under new guidelines in Finland, where puberty blockers, cross hormones and surgery are no longer the norm. A leading adolescent psychiatrist says the treatment of young people with gender dysphoria in her homeland has “totally changed” since winding back the practice of gender-affirming care. Finnish…
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How the gender affirming care model failed our families
For years, the gender-affirming care model has shaped the treatment of kids presenting with gender dysphoria – no questions asked. Now, these parents want answers. It was in early April that Richard*, a dad from NSW’s Hunter Valley, first heard about a 58,000-word judgment handed down by Justice Andrew Strum in the Family Court. The…
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Judge’s ruling could rewrite nation’s gender medicine
Could it be that a judge – not a doctor – is about to change the face of gender medicine in Australia? Three significant Australian legal cases took out of the court’s hands the decision of whether a young person could be prescribed gender-affirming medicine. The Full Court in Re Jamie, in 2013, established parents…
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Tasmanian Doctors Join National Call to Halt Gender Affirming Interventions
Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley join national call to halt gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth WST congratulate Tasmanian Doctors Julie Sladden and Rachel Bradley for signing an Open Letter calling for the halt of gender affirming interventions for gender distressed youth. The Open Letter signed by over 100 clinicians calls on…