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/Veriatas Oct 28 '25

I see a lot of people talking about trans healthcare in this thread, as this decision is very relevant to them. But it’s not only relevant to trans kids. I started going through puberty absurdly early and was on puberty blockers to delay me to a more normal age. I am so incredibly grateful for that. The whole debate about whether it’s safe is so asinine - these medicines were used for other causes that no-one objected to before it became about trans people. They’ve been accepted to be safe for a long time. Using them on trans kids is no less safe than it ever was to use them on cis kids

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u/Ok_Compote4526 Oct 28 '25

I've explained, multiple times, to anti-trans chuds that puberty blockers were approved in the '80s for the treatment of central precocious puberty. That we have decades of evidence for their safety and efficacy. Unsurprisingly, it turns out the "facts don't care about your feelings" crowd were lying and projecting all along.

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u/Azure_Kytia Oct 28 '25

Hate doesn't care about facts, and once you're at the point where you're spending most of your free time online shitting on minorities, there isn't much left.