Posts tagged gender dysphoria

Three UK High Court Judges have ruled that children under the age of 16 who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria are unlikely to be able to …

Queensland on Thursday became the first state in Australia to ban conversion practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender …

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has announced that it recommends against a national inquiry into gender dysphoria, after Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, …

An increasing number of transgender Australians are turning to the world’s biggest fundraising platform, GoFundMe, to help fund their top surgeries. A GoFundMe spokeswoman reported …

Australia’s first proposed legislation criminalising “LGBT conversion therapy” has suffered setbacks and divides after receiving criticism and support on issues of medicinal practice and gender …

Latham claimed that trans people self-identifying, and not transphobia, was the cause of high rates of mental health issues and suicide among trans people.

“When you are transgender, feeling [seen] is often very elusive which means that the experience of it feels almost spiritual; the clouds part and for a moment everything feels right.”

“We know sex hormones like androgens and estrogens have really powerful effects on behaviour. But we don’t know if they have effects on gender identity. This points to a role.”

The decision removes a costly, time-consuming, and high-stress impediment to many young trans people’s ability to transition.

“Thank you to the Family Court for making the right decision. You have just changed the lives of hundreds of trans teens, for the better”