Transgender youth have a number of research-backed medical options available to them. The multidisciplinary approach ranges from promoting family support to hormone treatments to surgery.
The ruling comes as a relief to many in the trans community.
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Until now, Australia was the only country that required youth with gender dysphoria to seek approval from the Family Court for the second stage of hormone treatments.
Transgender teens need to jump through a lot of stressful and time laborious hoops to get the hormone treatment they need.
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Currently the Family Court has to decide for parents and teens whether or not transgender young people can get the hormone treatment they need. This could change today.