An immediate ban on prescribing puberty blockers for new patients under 18 has been imposed in Queensland. The ban comes after allegations of puberty blockers being given to a 12 year old and without parental consent in Cairns. “There is… Continue Reading
After a consultation process beginning in October 2022, Britain’s National Health Service announced a final decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers for children and young people with gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. Gender incongruence / dysphoria is defined by the… Continue Reading
How should churches respond to transgender people? An exceprt from Gender Revolution, a new book by sexologist Patricia Weerakoon, pastor Kamal Weerakoon and thelogian Rob Smith. What would you do if any of these scenarios arose in your church or… Continue Reading
One of the three authors of a new book, The Gender Revolution, Presbyterian Minister Kamal Weerakoon, was asked at the book launch why write a book on transgender, a difficult, complicated subject. Kamal Weerakoon replied that for all three of… Continue Reading
Leader of the Labor Party, Chris Minns, has promised that an NSW Labor conversion therapy bill will not interfere with preaching and prayer while wishing to shield young people. But, as he puts it, the bill will be a needle… Continue Reading
Conservative campaigners Binary and the RMIT Fact Checking group have got themselves in a tangle about what “gender transition” means. Arguably the mess was set off by the Victorian education department. The dispute centres on public school policies in the… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column A mystery explained: There was a great passage of world-weariness, from a memoir in Good Weekend by Nadia Wheatley of George Johnson and Chairman Clift, both great Australian writers retreating from success in London and seeking… Continue Reading
“Doctors caring for youngsters distressed about their gender have been told that it is not a ‘neutral act’ to help them transition socially by using their preferred new names or pronouns, the Times reports in a story on new guidelines… Continue Reading
“Created and Loved: A guide for Catholic schools on identity and gender” is the name – and purpose – of new guidance on the treatment of transgender issues from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. It deals with the theological, medical… Continue Reading
England’s national health service will close the only the UK’s only dedicated gender identity clinic for children and young people following an independent review. The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust will… Continue Reading