Tag: Tasmania Gender Service
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Tasmanian MPs Speak Out Against Gender IdeologyÂ
Women Speak Tasmania welcomes Liberal Senator Eric Abetz’s public comments on the dangers of the gender affirmation model and the growing international backlash against the medicalisation of children. Mr Abetz said: “Young people are now suing governments and institutions over the puberty blockers administered to them and the promotion of the affirmation agenda, rather than…
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Request for review of Tasmanian Gender Service clinical pathways following new questions concerning WPATH guidance – Email to Bridget Archer
Email to the Tasmanian Minister for Health, Bridget Archer, dated 16 August 2026 Dear Minister Archer, I am writing on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania to ask you to reconsider the clinical governance and guidelines underpinning the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS), following new developments concerning the evidentiary basis of guidance issued by the World Professional…
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Tasmania should review gender-care pathways as questions grow over WPATH evidence base
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on the Tasmanian Government to review the clinical pathways used by the Tasmanian Gender Service after new reporting about the evidentiary basis of WPATH guidance. According to The Australian on 15 August, lawyers for WPATH told a US court that statements in its Standards of Care are “opinions about what…
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Is Tasmania Acting Too Late to Protect Children?
Women Speak Tasmania raised serious questions with the Tasmanian Government in May about clinical governance, evidence and safeguards in the provision of puberty suppression and gender-affirming hormones to patients under 18. Three months later, new developments have made those questions more urgent. When governments are responsible for the care of children, waiting for greater certainty…
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Duty of Care and Clinical Governance Considerations – Letter to Bridget Archer
Letter sent to the Tasmanian Minister for Health, Hon. Bridget Archer, on 06 May 2026 Dear Minister Archer, Re: Duty of Care and Clinical Governance Considerations – Tasmanian Gender Service I write regarding the continued provision of puberty suppression (Stage 1) and gender-affirming hormone treatment (Stage 2) to patients under 18 years of age through…
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Tasmania Must Act Now on Puberty Blockers: A Call to Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett
As the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reveals Australia’s blind spots on puberty blockers for gender-distressed minors, Women Speak Tasmania is renewing our urgent call for action. Our February 26 media release demands that Tasmania’s Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett immediately review the clinical, regulatory, and legal frameworks governing these off-label treatments. With…
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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…
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Questions on the Tasmanian Gender Service: Our Follow-Up with the Health Minister
On 18 March, Women Speak Tasmania met with Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma to raise serious concerns about the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS). Following that meeting, we wrote to the Minister to confirm our questions and seek clarity on several key issues surrounding the treatment of children and young people with gender dysphoria. Our Questions We…
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Questions regarding The Tasmania Gender Service – Letter to Jacquie Petrusma
Letter sent to Tasmania Minister for Health Jacquie Petrusma on 31 March 2025 Dear Minister Jacquie Petrusma, Re: Questions regarding The Tasmanian Gender Service I am writing to you as a follow up from our meeting on 18th March confirming our questions to you about the Tasmania Gender Service and some additional question Q1. As…
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Associated Risks with Current Gender Affirming Care Model – Letter to Jacquie Petrusma
Dear Minister Jacquie Petrusma, Re: Request for meeting to discuss the risks associated with the current gender-affirming care model for children in Tasmania. I am writing to you in light of recent developments regarding the use of puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria. As you may know, the UK government recently made its ban…