After years of devastation, families whose lives have been destroyed by gender ideology are finally being heard. After years of being ignored, The Weekend Australian has courageously exposed the heartbreaking stories of Australian parents whose children were funnelled into experimental medical interventions under the false promise that they could change their sex.
Family First renews its urgent call for Liberal and Labor politicians to act immediately to shut down government-funded child gender clinics and ban the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery on minors.
The story of Tess Hackett, featured in The Weekend Australian and advocacy group Binary's book Devastated, is just one example of the horror unleashed on families. After her daughter was fast-tracked into the gender clinic system, Tess recalled, "It was all ideology. I couldn't believe I was in a hospital getting this non-medical, non-researched dribble." Her once vibrant daughter ended up estranged, on testosterone, and living in a shelter.
Another parent, Richard from NSW, spent $150,000 in the Family Court trying to protect his daughter from being prescribed testosterone. "The moment I started questioning what the clinic was saying, they shut me down," he said. He was told that if he didn't comply, his daughter might commit suicide — a threat wielded to silence countless parents.
It is one of the most appalling medical scandals in Australian history, yet politicians remain silent. The Liberal and Labor parties continue to prop up a failed and dangerous ideology while overseas nations like the UK, Sweden, Finland, and 18 US states have begun to reverse course.
Family First is running candidates in the upcoming South Australian, Victorian and New South Wales elections who will fight for children and families. These candidates will not be cowed by LGBTIQA+ political activism or threats from entrenched elites. They will fight to restore common sense and protect vulnerable children from irreversible harm.
Family First calls on federal Labor Health Minister Mark Butler and Queensland LNP Health Minister Tim Nicholls, who are both slow-walking inquiries into so-called "gender affirming care", to immediately shut down gender clinics and prioritise an urgent Royal Commission into this unfolding medical scandal.
