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Supreme Court hearing begins challenging transgender hormone therapy ban for children - Australia

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FeralWoman · 22/10/2025 08:36

A mother is challenging the Queensland state government’s ban on transgender hormone therapy for under 18s. The Supreme Court hearing began today. It is a closed court hearing to maintain the privacy of the child. The mother can’t be identified due to child privacy laws.

The ban only applies to patients in the state public health system. Patients in the private system can still receive transgender hormone therapy. Not sure why. Possibly because the state doesn’t fund the private system. The federal government funds Medicare rebates for the private system. The public system is controlled by each state government.

Separate reviews of transgender hormone therapy for children are underway by both the Queensland state government and the Australian federal government. The Queensland review is due at the end of November. I’m not sure when the federal review is due. The federal government tried to get Queensland to drop their review but they declined. Different political parties are in power for each. Queensland has the Liberal National Party (LNP) in power. Despite their name they aren’t liberal. They’re conservative and right wing. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is in power federally. They’re liberal but much more towards central these days rather than the left.

Background on the case:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/qld-puberty-blocker-freeze-challenged-in-supreme-court/105263204

Official document with reasons for the ban:
https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Tabled-Papers/docs/5825t0606/5825t606.pdf

Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) document about paediatric hormone therapy:
https://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0005/55346/Review-of-Stage-1-and-Stage-2-hormone-therapies-in-Queenslands-public-paediatrics-gender-services.docx

Not much in the mainstream news so far. I’ve found this. It’s pretty comprehensive.
https://qnews.com.au/community-rally-in-support-of-mum-fighting-trans-puberty-blocker-ban/

I’m worried that the court will rule in favour of the mother and open up hormone therapy again. Vulnerable children will then be put on the path to transition again and having their health damaged.

Trans teen's mother challenges puberty blocker freeze

The woman's lawyers say the legal action alleges Queensland Health's Director-General David Rosengren improperly exercised his power when he issued a directive suspending the treatments, including puberty blockers, in late January.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/qld-puberty-blocker-freeze-challenged-in-supreme-court/105263204

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 19/12/2025 17:06

FeralWoman · 19/12/2025 15:28

@TheywontletmehavethenameIwant It’s the only good thing that the current Queensland government is doing. Everything else they’re doing is shit. Emotional blackmail wouldn’t work on them because that needs a heart to work, and they don’t have one.

One day gender affirming care will be looked back on like we look at lobotomies: horror and disbelief.

The same thing can be said of Trump, we can't pick and choose those who do the right thing, we can only be grateful some in power are seeing things our way.

'War makes for strange bedfellow'.

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FeralWoman · 19/12/2025 15:28

@TheywontletmehavethenameIwant It’s the only good thing that the current Queensland government is doing. Everything else they’re doing is shit. Emotional blackmail wouldn’t work on them because that needs a heart to work, and they don’t have one.

One day gender affirming care will be looked back on like we look at lobotomies: horror and disbelief.

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 19/12/2025 14:54

Thanks for the update. đź‘Ť

Is the Guardian shroud waving with the mythical mass suicide threat again? 🤬

Emotional blackmail is all they've got now, I'm glad the Queensland government are ignoring it, and are taking the ban seriously, time will show they're right and the unhinged ones and they're 'allies' are wrong, wrong, wrong.

TheSandgroper · 19/12/2025 14:38

As always, our ABC has its eye on the ACON prize for which it has paid our good money.

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FeralWoman · 19/12/2025 14:20

Wow the report is 532 pages long! If any brave soul has the brain power to read it I suspect that there might be some gems in there. I’ve read parts of the Executive Summary and it seems to be well written.

Some news articles about it.

Our national broadcaster:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/qld-puberty-blockers-pause-trans-teenagers-to-continue/106161908

The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/19/queensland-ban-puberty-blockers-gender-dysphoria-2031#:~:text=A%20pause%20on%20puberty%20blockers,Tim%20Nicholls%2C%20announced%20on%20Friday.

The Guardian warning of suicides:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/20/some-will-take-their-own-lives-puberty-blocker-bans-in-queensland-and-nz-risk-extreme-harm-to-trans-youth-uk-expert-warns

Queensland pause on puberty blockers for trans adolescents to continue

The Queensland government says it made the decision after considering a 530-page independent review into the evidence surrounding the treatments.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/qld-puberty-blockers-pause-trans-teenagers-to-continue/106161908

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FeralWoman · 19/12/2025 13:50

On the news tonight there was of course gnashing and wailing from young TRAs and an anonymous mum (can’t be identified because her child is gender clinic patient).

Puberty blockers are still available via the private health system. They’re not entirely banned. If you can afford the fees to see a private paediatric endocrinologist who is willing to prescribe them then it’s not a problem. Put the child on a pathway to cross sex hormones, sterility, immature genitals, an immature brain, reduced IQ, reduced cognitive ability, crappy bones and more but you’ll have to pay for it.

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FeralWoman · 19/12/2025 13:45

Here’s a link to the review led by Prof Ruth Vine.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/research-reports/reports/review-investigation/hormone-therapies-review

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Harassedevictee · 19/12/2025 13:22

@FeralWoman thank you. Very interesting that they state they are waiting for the UK trial. It’s clear the evidence for the impact of PB doesn’t exist.

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FeralWoman · 19/12/2025 12:48

The official review has been published and the decision has been made to continue the pause of puberty blockers for children in the public health system in Queensland. This pause will continue until 2031 (or a different state government in 3 years) when the UK puberty blocker trial concludes.

Official statement:
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/104227

Independent Review into puberty blockers released

https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/104227

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Helleofabore · 30/10/2025 10:34

"There was a trans protest in King George Square today. Apparently it was a pretty small protest."

After the recent heat and storms, maybe they preferred to stay inside in the aircon.

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FeralWoman · 30/10/2025 00:03

Here’s the official directive. To be reviewed by 28 January 2026.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/legislation/ministerial-direction-treatment-of-gender-dysphoria-in-children-and-adolescents-with-hormone-therapy

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 29/10/2025 19:52

Thanks for the update, I'm glad to see they're sticking with it, they seem determine to ban this child abusing practice, which is a good, good thing. 👍🥳

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FeralWoman · 29/10/2025 13:52

The ministerial ban will stay in place until at least January. Review is due at the end of November and a decision based on it will be made in January.

There was a trans protest in King George Square today. Apparently it was a pretty small protest.

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 28/10/2025 14:46

It's back on, brill. 🥳

TheSandgroper · 28/10/2025 10:21

Laws are drafted, I think, with the generosity of spirit and recognition of what has always been with which we have always lived. However, there is now a cohort who will cast an eye over each line and each phrase, parse it to the bone and say “but you didn’t say this thing specifically”.

Lawmakers and parliamentary drafters now have to create or modify laws with that same rigour. And seeing as parliamentary drafters are as Civil Service as the next department, one wonders how much they have been Aconned or Stonewalled. So they wouldn’t necessarily be drafting laws with an eye to keeping hordes out but rather trying not to offend their mates.

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FeralWoman · 28/10/2025 09:32

Thanks @nauticant. That makes sense. Pay attention to the small boring details.

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FeralWoman · 28/10/2025 09:21

TheSandgroper · 28/10/2025 06:45

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail, it seems.

What does that mean? I’ve never heard it before.

This was the lead story on Daily Mail Aus a few hours ago:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15233183/Australian-court-makes-landmark-ruling-puberty-blockers-transgender-kids.html

Health Minister released this statement stating that he was considering using a legislative power to reintroduce the ban while waiting for the review that is due at the end of next month.
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/103809

The power is no.44 here. Screenshot once it’s approved.
https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2011-032

Apparently the Health Minister has now done this. It was reported on the news tonight but had just happened in State Parliament. Once I find a story I’ll post a link.

The Queensland Government isn’t done with this yet.

Supreme Court hearing begins challenging transgender hormone therapy ban for children - Australia
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TheSandgroper · 28/10/2025 06:45

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail, it seems.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 28/10/2025 06:18

FeralWoman · 28/10/2025 04:20

Decision handed down. Ban has been lifted due to procedural errors putting the ban in place. Nothing to do with ethics or morals, just procedure.

Qld Health Minister is considering reinstating the ban.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/qld-puberty-blockers-judgement/105942094

Bugger. 🤬

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FeralWoman · 28/10/2025 04:20

Decision handed down. Ban has been lifted due to procedural errors putting the ban in place. Nothing to do with ethics or morals, just procedure.

Qld Health Minister is considering reinstating the ban.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/qld-puberty-blockers-judgement/105942094

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 23/10/2025 12:24

Now all there is to do is wait and see, fingers crossed that the decision falls on the rightside of common sense. 🤞

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FeralWoman · 23/10/2025 11:42

That’s strange that neither the Health Minister or the director-general of Qld Health were called as witnesses, despite the case being about whether the director-general issued the directive legally or at the direction of the Health Minister.

I think Dr Spencer’s employment has now been terminated and her case is due to be heard by the industrial relations commission fairly soon.

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