Health

Monday, 21 October 2019

• Trans and gender diverse people 'four times more likely to experience sexual violence'

• More than half of transgender and gender diverse people have experienced sexual violence or coercion, a rate four times higher than the general Australian population, according to new research...

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Monday, 21 October 2019

• New Zealand’s transgender health body supports AusPATH position

• New Zealand’s professional body for transgender health care have voiced their support for their Australian counterparts. The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) committee said they...

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Monday, 21 October 2019

• You will behave like a woman: Transgender people risking death to avoid discriminatory healthcare

• More than a decade ago, Brenda Appleton was rushed to the emergency department of a major hospital in terrible pain, with a compound fracture in her leg.

  Only afterwards did her partner reveal that during the course of the evening, all the staff had trooped into the ward to “have a look at the tranny”....

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Friday, 20 September 2019

• Australian Psychological Society refutes “social contagion” arguments

• An Out In Perth Article by Graeme Watson

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Friday, 20 September 2019

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  No, there’s no ‘social contagion’ turning Australians transgender

  The Australian Psychological Society has blasted claims published by The Australian newspaper that a “social contagion” is influencing transgender youth’s gender identities. The Australian newspaper has come under fire for publishing doze...

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Friday, 20 September 2019

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  APS Refutes 'Social Contagion' Arguments

  The Australian Psychological Society (APS) today released the following statement in support of transgender people in Australia, and challenging the......

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Friday, 20 September 2019

No, there’s no ‘social contagion’ turning Australians transgender

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

• Read more at www.psychologytoday.com

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

• Read more at blogs.bmj.com

Tuesday, 03 September 2019

• How did the Australian Get it so wrong on Parental Rights vs. Gillick Competency

• The Australian publishes yet another article on treating transgender Children, this time raising concerns about the use of Gillick competency. Again they get it wrong.

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Saturday, 24 August 2019

• How children became the target in a rightwing culture war over gender

  Medical treatment for transgender children is cautious and evidence-based, but the conservative reaction has become increasingly hysterical...

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Tuesday, 20 August 2019

• College of Physicians rejects News Corp claim it will run inquiry into treatment of trans children

  Report in the Australian claimed the medical college had agreed to conduct inquiry after being asked by the health minister...

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