For transgender and gender-diverse youth, the disparity between the way they see themselves and the way they are seen by others can be the cause of intense distress.
In addition to that – and the prospect of bullying from their peers – transgender youth in Australia face a specific set of medical and legal hurdles. Australia is the only country in the world where it’s necessary to apply to court to access puberty-blocking hormones.In an early 2016 interview for Australian Story, a Melbourne teenager described the confusion of her early childhood. She was a girl, inside the body of a boy. ‘I felt like a mythical creature,’ she said. ‘I wasn’t really real’.
Join Georgie Stone, her Mother and Rebekah Robertson, founder of the Transcend support network for a conversation about gender, courage and making history.
Where: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Cost: Free
Event Info/Booking: Online
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The Wheeler Centre
176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 9094 7809
Email: reception@wheelercentre.com
Website: http://www.wheelercentre.com