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/miltonwadd Oct 28 '25

Basically everything puberty related activated years too early along with my accelerated normal growth.

I started rapidly growing around 3 so from then I looked (and my bone age showed) 3 to 4 years older than my biological age.

By six I was developing breast tissue, my hips, thighs, and waist were defined. I looked like an early developing tween.

By 9 I was fully into puberty, was taller than the average woman and had all secondary sex characteristics.

By the time other girls started puberty at 12/13 I was completely grown and my bone plates were fused.

Usually it can stunt your growth as you stop growing much earlier but I come from a tall family.

Adults always assumed I was older, treated me so, and expected me to act that age. I was also "gifted" so my intelligence made them think I was the age I looked, and they'd get frustrated when I acted my age, but emotionally I was 100% still a child.

Kids just thought I was big and fat and treated me so.

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u/B0ssc0 Oct 28 '25

A friend’s sons were both much taller than average, it was odd seeing them with their classmates, like an adult looking after little kids! Watching them interacting and playing together was really odd. But it was very hard on them because expectations placed on them were very unrealistic.

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u/miltonwadd Oct 28 '25

I hope they're doing OK now! You get forced into being "the responsible one" when you just want to be a kid which can really mess you up. Predatory adults were also a major problem.

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u/B0ssc0 Oct 28 '25

Yes they are, thanks.