A court has quashed the Queensland government's controversial freeze on puberty blockers for transgender adolescents. Advocacy groups have hailed it as a major victory for trans Queenslanders. But the government says it will now consider ways to reinstate the ban.
00:00For members of the trans community and their supporters, the win is monumental.
00:11We know the pause on gender affirming care has had a significant impact on our community's health and wellbeing.
00:18Gender affirming care is life changing and often life saving health care for trans young people.
00:25The mother of a trans teenager argued the Queensland Government's freeze on puberty blockers and hormone therapies for new adolescent patients was unlawful.
00:35Supreme Court Judge Peter Callaghan found in her favour, setting aside a directive issued by the Director General of Queensland Health, Dr David Rosengren.
00:45Justice Callaghan found a 22-minute online meeting with health services did not amount to consultation.
00:53But in his written judgement, Justice Callaghan said his findings are concerned solely with the legal requirements of the health directive, not any review of the directive's merits.
01:06The mother who mounted the case can't be identified.
01:09A member of her legal team read a statement on her behalf.
01:13This has been a harrowing and traumatising ordeal and I'm incredibly relieved that it is over and that justice has been achieved for my child.
01:23The decision lifts the ban placed on doctors in the public system, but the Health Minister Tim Nicholls has the power to issue a ministerial direction to reinstate the freeze.
01:34The overwhelming concern of the government has always been the safety and wellbeing of children who present to our hospital and health services and their ongoing care.
01:46The government was ordered to pay legal costs.
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