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[u/_just_is_]

Protect trans kids | https://www.instagram.com/is.justis?igsh=NnR0bGF1YTVma3Y%3D&utm_source=qr

[u/_just_is_]

I’m Isabelle (i make all the JUSTIS comics). I’m a 21 year old trans woman and I have illustrated a small part of my story in this comic. This is a super personal but important issue to me and I’m absolutely willing to answer any [respectful] questions you may have.

The law discussed in this comic prohibited trans young people (in Australia) under 16 from accessing hormone replacement therapy, and required those over 16 but under 18 to acquire a court order before gaining access. It was abolished in 2017. In time for me to start hormones without having to go through a male puberty.

In the years after this law was changed, the world seemed to be becoming a better, safer place for trans kids. But in the past few years that has drastically shifted. Many people in major countries like the USA and UK have been actively pushing against the rights of trans kids to access the same treatments that I was fighting for in my teens.

Whatever your feelings about this issue, it remains a fact that these treatments save lives.

Protect Trans Kids.

[u/sentientketchup → u/_just_is_]

There's backwards movement in Australia too. At least 491 children have been left without adequate healthcare in Queensland because of the state government blocking care access until they are 18. The Federal Minister has requested an end to this discrimination, without success so far.

More here: https://auspath.org.au/project-491/

[u/_just_is_ → u/sentientketchup]

Absolutely! It's insanely scary and will push things back even further than they were when I was a kid. That's actually why I decided to make this comic at this time. Thank you for sharing this