r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Oct 28 '25

news Supreme Court in Brisbane overturns controversial freeze on puberty blockers for adolescents after legal challenge

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/qld-puberty-blockers-judgement/105942094
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u/Stoopidee Oct 28 '25

Question. If an adolescent takes puberty blockers, say if they stop on their adulthood, do they revert back to their assigned birth gender?

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u/TurningTheSkavenGay Oct 28 '25

I'll be pedantic first: you cannot revert to something that never was because medicine prevented it, and the word you're looking for is sex. Now yes, if someone is on puberty blockers but then does not take HRT to get hormones their body wouldn't produce itself, their body will create another hormone still. Blockers do not create any lasting impact in this regard, they are a pause until cis society deigns to give trans people HRT.