In @DanielAndrewsMP's state of Victoria, you can perform the feat of changing your sex (or your child's sex) in official records every 12 months. If that sounds extreme, best to keep quiet. If you speak out, you'll be the one smeared as an "extremist".
bdm.vic.gov.au/changes-and-corrections/change-your-recorded-sex
If you as a parent oppose advice that your child be given puberty blockers -- risky drugs that interfere with natural development -- you may have broken the law against "conversion therapy". If you think this extraordinary, you'll be tarred as "far right".
humanrights.vic.gov.au/change-or-suppression-practices/have-you-experienced-a-change-or-suppression-practice/#Have-you-experienced-these-illegal-practices
Victoria's schools have been told students may be able to "socially transition" -- live in a new gender role -- without parental consent. This intervention risks putting kids on a path to lifelong medicalisation. If this worries you, you're the "bigot".
www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/lgbtiq-student-support/policy
The @RCHMelbourne gender service gives the same hormonal treatments as the UK Tavistock clinic. There is not enough evidence to say these treatments are safe for young people, says @thecassreview. If you push for a review, you'll be seen as Nazi-adjacent.
open.substack.com/pub/genderclinicnews/p/strong-drugs-weak-evidence?r=130uly&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Our media largely ignore the international debate over youth gender medicine & the very real conflicts between radical trans claims & the interests of women & children. Too busy reporting the "extremism" of women who peacefully gather in the public square to have their say.
Perhaps more journalists might ask why trans rights activists (many not trans) are so quick to smear critics as evil conspirators & so reluctant to talk about the substance -- how to resolve conflicts of rights or the ethical challenges of gender medicine's weak evidence base.
And now Norway has joined Finland, Sweden, England & Florida as the latest jurisdiction to recognise the realities of youth gender medicine. Where on earth is Australia?
@ThePosieParker @MoiraDeemingMP @deves_katherine #FreeSpeech #GenderClinics
open.substack.com/pub/genderclinicnews/p/yes-its-an-experiment?r=130uly&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Bernard Lane
@Bernard_Lane
Journalist covering the international debate over youth gender clinics | genderclinics@gmail.com | genderclinicnews.com | May contain traces of poetry
