Australia Should Implement Recommendations in Landmark Puberty Blockers Report: Psychiatrist

A senior Australian psychiatrist has welcomed a landmark review into the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for young children experiencing gender dysphoria, saying that it is a “return to evidence-based treatment.” “I was so relieved to read the Cass Review final report because it signals a return to a careful and evidence-based treatment approach,” psychiatrist Jillian Spencer said in an interview with 2GB. “Unfortunately, the current model that’s in use, called the Affirmation Model, that was implemented at the behest of transgender activists.” Dr. Spencer is a child psychiatrist who was removed from her role at the Queensland Children’s Hospital on the grounds of being a danger to trans and gender-diverse children....