Gender expert Michelle Telfer is in the firing line

Judge Andrew Strum has criticised gender doctor Michelle Telfer, saying her opinion that the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne are “best practice” when it comes to gender treatments was “essentially tantamount to her agreeing with herself”. 

She wrote the guidelines so of course she would endorse them.

Judge Strum recently awarded custody to a father who did not want his 12 year old child placed on puberty blockers at the behest of the mother. 

He criticised Prof Telfer for not giving the child a formal diagnosis until it was clear the matter was progressing in court, despite having treated the child for 6 years.

Justice Strum noted that children are not capable of consent in this industry because they are children.

“It is concerning that an oddly binary approach is adopted in relation to children, especially of the age of the child the subject of these proceedings; that is, to affirm unreservedly those who present with concerns regarding their gender, brooking no questioning thereof,” he wrote in the judgment.

“The case of the mother … is that because the child says so, the child is, and must unquestioningly be affirmed as being, female in gender identity. However, that overlooks the obvious, namely, that the child is still a child and not even, if it matters, a teenager.”

The case was reported on in April but only now has the judge allowed Tefler to be named, as it is in the public interest for parents to be fully informed and for the wider debate that is necessary in the public domain.

Justice Strum took issue with the “concerning” evidence given by Professor Telfer in relation to the landmark UK Cass review, which recommended restrictions on medication for children with gender dysphoria.

He said Professor Telfer “disagrees with much” of the Cass review, which “manifestly runs contrary to her life’s work as an ‘advocate’ for the cause in relation to which the Cass Report urges, at least, greater caution”.

He also raised concerns over Professor Telfer’s suggestion that “trans people and their families are best placed to know what is in their best interests”.

“One is left to wonder how that is so, given the complexity of the expert medical evidence adduced in this case,” he said. “Further, even if that be so, in circumstances where the parents are in disagreement as to what is in the best interests of their child and turn to the court, it is for the court to so decide, based on the evidence adduced.”

Prof Telfer tried the Nazi association line that so many trans activists attempt to employ. The judge refused to be drawn in.

Justice Strum said the characterisation had “no place whatsoever in the independent evidence that should be expected of such an expert”.

“It demonstrates ignorance of the true evils of Nazism and cheapens the sufferings – and mass murder – of the millions of the victims thereof, which included, but were most certainly not limited to, transgender people, as well as gay and lesbian people, amongst other groups of people,” he wrote. “I consider there to be no comparison whatsoever.”

The house of cards is certainly beginning to fall. 

Gender identity ideology is built on a foundation of lies and deception. No one can change their sex. No one can transition from male to female or vice versa. 

The best one can hope for is to mask their own sex characteristics while mimicking the opposite sex stereotypes. 

It is extremely cruel to lie and deceive children into believing they can change their sex. The gender identity industry is failing children and the cracks are beginning to show. 

It is only a matter of time now until it comes completely undone. Unfortunately too many have been irreversibly harmed in the meantime.