Liberal Senator Claire Chandler has voiced concerns over the idea that children as young as three can now get access to treatments for gender-affirming care.
Ms Chandler’s comments come as Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital offers ‘gender-affirming care’ for children as young as three.
“I think it’s absolutely crazy that this is happening in Australia while everywhere else in the world the ways in which children with gender dysphoria are being treated is under the microscope and being reviewed consistently,” Ms Chandler said.
“In many instances the gender-affirming model, the model by which a child’s gender identity is affirmed rather than their biological sex … is being rolled back in other jurisdictions overseas because there have been independent reviews, there have been inquiries and they have found that these models aren’t necessarily providing the best possible outcome to young children.
‘Absolutely crazy’: Gender affirming care offered to kids aged three in Melbourne
“So once again I find it absolutely staggering that we are living in a country where frankly people have their heads in the sand about this.”
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