Australia's federal government announced a landmark review of healthcare for transgender children and adolescents amid growing concerns about the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The inquiry, led by the National Health and Medical Research Council, will examine the evidence base for these treatments and develop new national guidelines. The review follows a move by the Queensland government to pause the prescription of gender transition drugs for young people.
Australia’s treatment of transgender children and adolescents will be put through the scrutiny of a thorough medical inquiry after the federal government announced a landmark review on Friday.
Butler’s review follows the Queensland government’s move, announced on Tuesday, to pause the prescription of gender transition drugs, including puberty blockers, for young people and order public health facilities to cease offering such interventions to new patients. It was the first state in Australia to do so.
“I’ve indicated to Minister Nicholls that I don’t think it would be appropriate for Queensland to continue with their stated intention to undertake an evidence review in this area of care,” Butler said. “These issues should be nationally consistent, and in my view, should be driven by the preeminent authority.
LGBTI groups and transgender medicine practitioners have “cautiously welcomed” the inquiry, but insisted it be led by experts and “remain free of political interference and not block continued care across the country”.
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