"Trapped is probably the first word that comes to mind," the now 17-year-old said.At nine years old, he finally told his parents he was transgender.The change in Nick's demeanour was immediate.
"This has resulted in significant gaps in health care for LGBTIQ+ people in the ACT… with excessive wait times, delays from referrals and high costs associated with interstate and international travel."Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo is one of the Canberra-based GP's who regularly works with transgender patients.
"It was very one-on-one. We would sit and chat, we'd talk about my life, we'd catch up and then we'd get all the gritty stuff out of the way. Ms Shoring turned to A Gender Agenda — a community organisation that supports the intersex, transgender and gender diverse community — for help navigating the health system after she came out.
"We're talking months and months to see a psychologist who can deal with youth here in Canberra," she said.In the ACT's public system, there isn't a single paediatric psychiatrist available to treat patients who are under-18. "It will provide patients and their families with holistic support from specialist allied health, nursing and mental health team members in addition to medical specialists."Community hub needed to connect services
No one should be deprive of health care because of who they are. They should not have to wait that long for health care. People in power are really showing their horns.
Well stay out of parramatta bcoz if they want to fuck with you they will even if you’re not technically trans just so butch you get mistaken for being a bloke & dragged out of the ladies dunny! I actually enjoy being dragged out of the toilets! Just not the pointless healthcare.
Wait until your 18. It could simply be a phase.
Puberty blockers ought to be mandatory for everyone until age 25.
Disgusting to pump kids with drugs. Kids are confused!! It’s normal for a kid! Finding yourself and discovering who you are is what being a teenager is all about. If the kid hits 18 and still wants to be artificially altered than sure why not, but let them grow up first
Should be forced to wait till they're 18, like you know when they can make a conscious decision.
Don't know if you've noticed but our health system is borked. For everyone. 9 years of the coalition will do that.
All three of them
kids are not old enough to drink,drive a car or vote but their derenaged parents convince them to be somone they are not. in 20 years time there will be a few lawsuits against these parents
What a joke this world is. What they need is a good psychiatrist. Started with LGBT now will soon run out of letters in the alphabet. While at it, we should allow bigamy. With so many weirdoes we will have to pick up the women left single.
Your born male your male. Your born female your female.
This is bad ...TELL ME WHY
Appropriate health care for what?
The significant increase in the incidence of transgenderism in minors as noted in the piece is alarming and in itself, raises many questions as to why?
On the one hand the ABC and the SMH say this is an issue which should not be given prominence in the election. On the other, they give it prominence. Go figure!
Why is there a plethora of young teens seeking gender reassignment. Has the world gone mad?
Nine years old! Maybe nine year olds should be drinking, voting, driving and be sentenced as adults too then?
Ah yes. There is an offence called statutory rape that hinges on the fact that those under the age 16/17/18 (dependent on your domicile) are too innocent to make an informed choice of their sex partners. However, 9 year olds are able to change gender? You know it makes sense
Back of the line, champ.
Unvaccinated still got fired by employer, your choice.
Yes Transgender children need faster care. Waiting times are too long and they fall further down the rabbit hole. Do you think social contagion might play a roll in this? Do you think media outlets like yours might play a roll also ? They do not need medical transition
When Heartbreak High was on TV. It had an episode about cutting. We after saw a new big spike in kids cutting in Australia, same as degassi in US When YOU advertise anything that gives kids attention, they do it. You're not reporting the issue, you're advertising and creating it
According to the children's teaching resource the Genderbread model, 'Gender expression is all about how you demonstrate gender through the ways you act, dress, behave, and interact—whether that is intentional or unintended. Gender expression changes from day to day etc'
Yeah, I wouldn't be pushing this quite so hard. The countries that led the charge for medicating children have discovered the data doesn't support the treatment model and are back tracking. Also, our Health system is struggling enough providing the basics for all Australians.
Has there been enough children go through the puberty blocker route to prove that it’s effective? Sounds like the article is saying there are not enough drs that can prescribe these hormone drugs, as most GPs won’t…. Are most GPs wrong?
We don’t go to a doctor and insist we have a broken arm. We attend & let the doctor DIAGNOSE if we have a broken arm using the correct treatments. It’s the same with Gender Dysphoria. It’s up to the doctors & specialists & psychiatrists to DIAGNOSE us. Not self diagnoses!
Aussies want completely free healthcare for transgender children with no waiting times. The problem is most don't want to pay for it, It's the same with mental and dental healthcare. 😒
What is “appropriate” for fantasists” should it also be used for those who fantasise that they are adopted? Or that Harry Potter is real?
Transgender CHILDREN don't exist. Confused children do.
This article is a failure. It fails to ask why there has been such a significant rise in cases and what the consequences are if a mistake is made. It's more like a clinic pamphlet than journalism.
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Well they should think very seriously about de-transing. P’raps.
Appropriate health care for transgender 'children' is psychological counselling. For most, gender dysphoria resolves itself.
'children'
The lack of available care is criminal. Bigots have the gall to say these procedures are forced onto kids, when they often have to wait years just to get a consultation.
Children can't be transgender, it's a legal impasse, their parents are power of attorney until the age of consent but there are limits to that power, it's a maintenance role, like how an executor of an estate isn't entitled to keep everything for themselves.
Good
*waits for all the predictable bigots and trolls posting.
Mental health care?
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