Contentious UK gender medicine report prompts reflection,outrage in Australia

Contentious UK gender medicine report prompts reflection,outrage in Australia

LGBTQ advocates have slammed a report by British paediatrician Hilary Cass,who concluded there was inadequate evidence to support the use of puberty blockers.

  • byMichael Bachelard andAisha Dow

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‘Shaky foundations’:England’s health system to review all transgender treatment

‘Shaky foundations’:England’s health system to review all transgender treatment

A long-awaited report recommends that extreme care should be taken before anyone under the age of 25 transitions.

  • byMichael Searles,Laura Donnelly andDaniel Martin
Why fighting with your family at Easter should be mandatory

Why fighting with your family at Easter should be mandatory

Our world needs more respectful,honest and curious conversations,especially when we disagree.

  • byBella Westaway
Jen was in the grip of a heart attack. A nurse dismissed it as stress

Jen was in the grip of a heart attack. A nurse dismissed it as stress

The mother of two says gender bias in the health system delayed her treatment. A new national research centre in Sydney hopes to redress the balance.

  • byMegan Gorrey
England’s health service bans puberty blockers for children

England’s health service bans puberty blockers for children

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists said it highlighted the need for better local research into the impact of both giving and withholding it.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Irish voters reject push to overhaul references to women,family in constitution

Irish voters reject push to overhaul references to women,family in constitution

Voters in Ireland have delivered “two wallops” to proposals to remove language about women’s duties being in the home and broaden the definition of family beyond marriage from the country’s constitution.

  • byRob Harris
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Why Siri’s Stepford Wife vibe should have us worried

Why Siri’s Stepford Wife vibe should have us worried

Siri and friends perpetuate damaging gender stereotypes:hostess,maid,secretary,muse,consort.

  • byCarla Wilshire
They claim to empower women,but these fashion brands have some of the biggest gender pay gaps

They claim to empower women,but these fashion brands have some of the biggest gender pay gaps

Several Australian retail favourites,including City Chic and Lorna Jane,have large median pay gaps in favour of men.

  • byRachel Clun
The elite private schools bucking the national trend by paying women more than men

The elite private schools bucking the national trend by paying women more than men

In the race to recruit and keep the best teachers,several of the nation’s independent schools are paying women above the odds.

  • byRachel Clun
‘They were always going to a girls’ school’:Debate over single-sex education rages on amid shifts to co-ed

‘They were always going to a girls’ school’:Debate over single-sex education rages on amid shifts to co-ed

As a Sydney old-boy cries on TV about his school planning to take girls,and Melbourne parents lament the end of their girls’ school,the question of single sex versus co-ed is back on the agenda.

  • byWendy Tuohy
How a ragtag bunch of women renewed my love of football

How a ragtag bunch of women renewed my love of football

They were a pleasure to coach,in part because they never took their footballing adventure,or me,for granted.

  • byPaul Connolly