State government changes definition of woman
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On Wednesday, the mother of a transgender child took the state to court over the ban, claiming the bans have made gender-affirming care prohibitively expensive for many families in Queensland.
The court heard that the state was considering this situation The impacts of removing support for puberty blocker treatments with stakeholders for 22 minutes on January 28.
While stakeholders were being consulted, the Minister of Health was also announcing the ban to the public.
Ministers have been criticized for borrowing anti-transgender terminology when discussing women’s healthcare as the government follows up with its decision to pause, then scrap, puberty blocker treatments amid abuse allegations in Cairns.
“We cannot be distracted by internal strife and fall into the hands of those who want to divide us,” he said.
Crisafulli also controversially Parliamentary debate on abortion was banned shortly after coming to power in late 2024After Katter indicated during the state election campaign that he would submit proposals to roll back access.
Queensland introduced the ability to change the gender stated on a person’s birth certificate in mid-2024, which can be done by both adults and teenagers.
