Posts tagged hormone treatment

The doctor’s shock retirement may affect the healthcare of hundreds of trans people who saw him periodically to access hormone treatment.

“People hear about transgender issues, but they don’t see that we’re real people. I want people to see that I’m first and foremost a person.”

According to the Royal Children’s Hospital, roughly 1.2 per cent of Australian school children are thought to identify as transgender.

In denying Semenya’s appeal, arbitrators supported regulations that will force female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels to undergo hormone therapy while also admitting they are “discriminatory”.

“You don’t have to be an activist to speak out about any of this stuff, you just have to give a shit.”

“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”

“We have stories to tell and that’s why it’s important that more kids are speaking up”

As trans visibility has risen, so too have the public debates around trans rights and acceptance.

Parents no longer have to receive court permission before their children can have access to hormone treatment designed to block puberty, following a landmark Family …