Australia's shameful silence on youth gender medicine

Spectator Australia · Stephanie Bastiaan · Friday 24 April 2026

Australia's shameful silence on youth gender medicine

A fresh peer-reviewed study on gender-affirming care for minors has landed, and Canberra has responded with the silence it reserves for questions it hopes will answer themselves.

Another peer-reviewed study lands on the desk and the political class reaches for the same drawer they keep the submarines paperwork in — the one marked 'deal with it after the next election.' The evidence turns up on time. The policy shows up when the cameras do.

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