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Report: Submissions re Draft Legislation To Protect The Rights Of Intersex People In Medical Settings

By J Pope
In Crime and law, Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues
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Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate  (ACT), August 2022 Consultation on the draft Variations in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Bill 2022 closed on Friday 8 July. A Listening Report has been prepared summarising the input provided by stakeholders during the consultation. This report is intended to provide transparency regarding the range of views and...

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Free Information Sessions for Parents and Carers of Trans and Gender Diverse Young People

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, SHINE SA news & events, Young people
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SHINE SA, August 2022 Families in Transition: Information Sessions (Face-to-Face and Online) for Parents and Carers of Trans and Gender Diverse Young People Who are these information sessions for? Parents and carers of trans, gender diverse, and questioning (TGD) young people between 12-25 years What will we cover? In a two-hour session, lived experience workers will discuss: • Gender and gender...

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Suicide prevention in LGBTQA+ young people: Best practice guidelines

By J Pope
In LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health, Young people
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Suicide prevention in LGBTQA+ young people: Best practice guidelines for clinical and community service providers Telethon Kids Institute (Perth), 5th August 2022 These guidelines are intended to improve insight into the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning, asexual (and those of other diverse sexualities and genders; LGBTQA+) young people. They were designed to aid...

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FAQs for: SHINE SA’s Gender Wellbeing Service, Gender Affirmation/Transition Pathways in SA, and more

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, SHINE SA news & events
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SHINE SA, 2022 SHINE SA’s Gender Wellbeing Service is a free, confidential mental health service for people who are questioning their gender identity or identify as trans or gender diverse. (This service provides psychological therapies, peer support, general information and support within the metropolitan area of Adelaide. If you would like to see if you live or work within the Adelaide...

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New free resource for young people: A Quick Guide to the Menstrual Cycle & Periods

By J Pope
In Sex & relationships education, SHINE SA news & events, Young people
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SHINE SA, 10th May 2022 It can be hard to get accurate and helpful information for people getting their period for the first time. We’ve designed a new guide to answer the questions that young people want to know, like… What is a period? Why do we have periods? What is a menstrual cycle? What period products should I use?, and more. This quick guide helps to demystify periods and to reduce...

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The lived experience of gender dysphoria in autistic young people

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health, Young people
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Cooper, K., Butler, C., Russell, A. et al. The lived experience of gender dysphoria in autistic young people: a phenomenological study with young people and their parents. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2022). Abstract: Gender dysphoria is distress in relation to incongruence between an individual’s gender and sex assigned at birth. Gender clinics offer support for gender dysphoria, and there is a...

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