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Title: Win in Family Court for Transgender youth in Australia
Post by: LanaR on November 30, 2017, 09:50:52 PM
Post by: LanaR on November 30, 2017, 09:50:52 PM
Quote... in a landmark decision on Thursday, the full bench of the Family Court ruled young people who experience gender dysphoria and want to undergo hormone treatment would no longer need the approval of the court.More in link
Until this ruling, Australia was the only country in the world that required court involvement in stage 2 hormone decision-making...
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/i-want-control-over-my-body-transgender-kids-in-landmark-court-win-20171130-gzw6z4.html (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/i-want-control-over-my-body-transgender-kids-in-landmark-court-win-20171130-gzw6z4.html)
Victorian News by Miki Perkins, December 1, 2017