Tag: Queensland
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How the House of Cards Is Coming Down: The Queensland Gender Clinic Scandal
For years, Australians were told that medical gender transition for children was “settled science.” Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were described as safe, reversible, and necessary to prevent harm. Parents who hesitated were often reassured — or pressured — that delaying treatment placed their child at risk. Then Queensland happened. What began as a local…
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Tasmania Must Act Now to Protect Children and Follow Queensland’s Ban on Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is calling on the Tasmanian Government — specifically Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Minister for Health Bridget Archer — to act urgently to protect children by suspending Stage 1 (puberty blockers) and Stage 2 (cross-sex hormones) for minors, in line with Queensland’s recent decision. Queensland’s independent Hormone Treatment Review has now confirmed…
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Analysis and Child-Rights Implications of The Queensland Hormone Treatment Review
Background and Scope of the Review The Queensland Government commissioned an independent review into the use of puberty blockers (Stage 1) and cross-sex hormones (Stage 2) for children and adolescents within the Queensland public health system. The scope of the review extended beyond narrow clinical questions. It examined: The review was therefore not an ideological…
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Jennifer Buckley v Jasmine Sussex: test of science and freedom of speech as Queensland tribunal prepares to hear case over breastfeeding
A vilification complaint has taken on a life of its own, morphing into a test of freedom of speech and transgender rights as a Queensland tribunal prepares to hear an unprecedented case. After Adrian became Jennifer and booked in for sex reassignment surgery, she did what came naturally to a mum and breastfed her newborn…
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Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Letter to QLD Health Minister Nicholls
Dear Minister Nicholls, Re: Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Ensuring Clinical Freedom, Patient Safety, and Fair Treatment I write with concern and respect regarding the recent termination notice issued to Dr Jillian Spencer, a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist at Queensland Children’s Hospital. It is deeply troubling that Dr Spencer has faced professional sanctions—including…
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Sex Industry Lobby Group Disrupts Survivor Book Launch
On Sunday 21 August, sex trade advocates tried to derail the launch, in Townsville, Queensland, of Prostitution Narratives, a recently published compilation of sex trade survivor testimonies. The tactics used by the pro sex trade lobby are becoming increasingly nasty, especially since the release of damning stories of violence in the Australian sex trade, as described…