OUTInPerth – Libby Mettam says transgender health policy is not ideological

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has insisted that her partyโ€™s new policy that calls for a ban on transgender youth being able to access puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones is based on science and not ideology. The Liberal leader announced the partyโ€™s new policy this morning via an interview with The West Australian newspaper. The [โ€ฆ]

OUTInPerth – Libby Mettamโ€™s stance against transgender health care challenged

National LGBTI lobby group, Just-Equal Australia, has criticised the WA Liberal Party for โ€œfailing to understandโ€ the difference between transgender health care in the UK and Australia. On Monday, WA Liberal Leader, Libby Mettam, said if her party was elected to government, it would ban puberty blockers for young people going through gender transition. Mettam [โ€ฆ]