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Trans folks in the electorate of Vasse have invited the WA Liberal leader to join them for a conversation about gender affirming healthcare.

Dr Brian Walker from Legalise Cannabis WA says the bill needs improvement.

Local LGBTQIA+ advocacy consortium Rainbow Futures WA (RFWA) have welcomed the Cook Government’s announcement of gender-focused law reform, but say WA still has much to do.

Olympic legend Ian Thorpe has joined a new national campaign calling for urgent federal reform to protect women and LGBTQ+ students and staff in religious schools.

Just.Equal’s Brian Greig says law reform proposed by the Cook Government is “inadequate and retrograde.”

Western Australia’s Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has dismissed calls from the Liberal party to ban puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones from being available to young people experiencing gender dysphoria. On Monday Liberal leader Libby Mettam announced that if her party wins government at the 2025 state election, they will immediately ban the medical treatment being […]

WA Liberal leader Libby Metham has revealed that her party is yet to reach a position on whether they will support proposed legislation to remove the WA Gender Reassignment Board. Western Australia is the only state to retain the antiquated process that forces transgender people to prove they have undergone medical treatment and publicly lived […]

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has insisted that her party’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 party’s new policy this morning via an interview with The West Australian newspaper. The […]

National LGBTI lobby group, Just-Equal Australia, has criticised the WA Liberal Party for “failing to understand” 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 […]

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam says if her party is returned to government at the 2025 state election, they will ban the use of puberty blockers and cross sex hormones in treating young people experiencing gender dysphoria.