Trans Rights
After years of community advocacy, a Bill was introduced in 2024 to remove the requirement for trans people to undergo treatment or seek Board approval to update gender on ID documents. It also recognised non-binary people for the first time.
The 2024 reform was a positive step forward but it falls short of best practice, outlined in our 2023 proposal to government. Trans people must still obtain clinical approval instead of self-declaration, and those under 18 require parental consent or a court order despite a younger age requirement in other states.
Trans and gender-diverse healthcare is also under attack in Australia as it is internationally. We’ve seen a review into gender affirming care for young people in QLD (and a federal review in response). Fundamental rights to healthcare cannot be a political football.