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Also on the wahless while outside waiting in the heat for the Eld Gel to finish a doctor test - heard a lady ( surname Rachael Wong) who was discussing a letter signed by 100 prominent Australians, asking the AlboGov for a full review along the lines of Cass, into the growing transgender madness and the growing court cases for wrongful assault on children's bodies with drugs and knives. The discussion covered pretty much what I've been saying here for ages - specifically about our politicians hiding their heads in the sand for fear of upsetting the tranny activist lobby and losing a few votes (they'd get many more by stamping down on this madness). This is one side - you guessed side:- https://humanrights.gov.au/have-your-say/current-and-emerging-threats-tgd-human-...https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/call-for-national-ban-on-gender-affirmation-i...Why is AlboGov not acting on this disaster for so many young people? Transylvania Has Fallen!! The Tides Have Turned On 'Woke'! All they can do now is repeat fanatical leftist propaganda, cut and paste, fade away on the wrong side of History, and be told to do better!! How sweet it is!! "Just hours after Queensland hit the pause button on hormone therapy for public patients under the age of 18 years, the issue has spilled into the national arena.
A letter to prime minister Anthony Albanese organised by the Women’s Forum Australia dated 29 January and signed by more than 100 medical professionals such as doctors and psychiatrists, lawyers, politicians, advocates, academics and “detransitioners”, makes an “urgent call for public inquiry into youth gender medicine”.
“We are writing as concerned citizens to call for an immediate public inquiry into youth gender medicine in Australia and a pause on all medical gender transitions for children and young people until this inquiry is complete,” the letter states.
“Recent developments globally have exposed serious concerns about the ‘gender-affirming’ approach to treating gender-confused youth and there is now a bipartisan consensus in many countries that major changes to practice in this area are needed.”
Signatories to the letter include suspended Queensland Health child psychiatrist Jillian Spencer, psychiatrists Andrew Amos, Associate Professor Peter Parry, Dr Alison Clayton, and Dr Jacqueline Condon; GPs, Dr Deirdre Little, Dr Catherine Peterson, Dr Joseph Turner, and Dr Danielle Collins; former PM Tony Abbott and former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves; Charles Sturt University professor of public ethics Clive Hamilton; University of Melbourne professor Cordelia Fine; CEO of the Women’s Forum Australia Rachael Wong and her colleague, head of advocacy Stephanie Bastiaan.
See all the signatories here, here, here and here.
“Medical interventions including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries can cause irreversible harm, including physiological damage (bone density loss, infertility, sexual dysfunction), issues concerning brain development and social and relational difficulties,” the letter reads.
“While lifelong impacts are yet to be fully understood, regret is real, and a growing number of detransitioners believe their gender distress masked other comorbidities, including autism, untreated sexual trauma, and discomfort with their sexuality.”
The letter quotes the UK’s Cass Review, released in April 2024, saying it “found no reliable evidence base for gender transition interventions in young people”. And “as a consequence, the National Health Service has halted the use of puberty blockers outside clinical trials”.
The letter said that Australian politicians, clinicians and relevant institutions have been “slow to act”.
“Worse, some have sought to undermine the significance of these developments and their direct relevance to Australia,” the authors write.
“The Cass Review specifically evaluated Australia’s current treatment guidelines and gave them a pool rating for quality overall. These standards are based on guidelines from the now discredited World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).”
The authors had a grim warning for the government if it did nothing.
“This is a potential public health disaster of generational significance demanding an independent public inquiry,” they wrote.
“Until an inquiry is complete, all ‘gender-affirmation’ interventions for children and young people (including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries) must be paused to prevent further harm.”
The letter was also sent to opposition leader Peter Dutton, federal health minister Mark Butler, opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston and all state and territory health ministers and their opposition counterparts.
The Queensland paediatric hormone therapy ban, announced on Monday by health minister Tim Nicholls, coincided with news that a wide-ranging investigation had been launched into paediatric gender health services provide at the Cairns Sexual Health Service.
This investigation follows a preliminary review conducted by the Cairns and Hinterland Health and Hospital Service (CHHHS) in late 2024, after concerns were raised about apparently unauthorised paediatric gender services provided by the CSHS, adherence to treatment guidelines and clinical governance. "continued above...
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