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Morning Zedlets, it's Han in the studio today. It's been a rollercoaster of a week. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court foundthe Qld Government's pause on gender affirming care for young people through the public system to be unlawful because the Director-General was required to consult Hospital and Health Services before making a decision. On Thursday, the Health Minister made a Ministerial Direction under a different power to reinstate the pause on gender affirming care in the same terms as the previous direction, with the ridiculous statement that it was "necessary in the public interest." LGBTI Legal Service is continuing to investigate legal avenues to challenge this, but in the meantime life-saving gender affirming care is being denied to young people through the public system.
On today's show, we hear from Prof Sandy O'Sullivan (Wiradjuri) and Necho Brocchi about this outrageous turn of events and what we can do to support our trans and gender diverse community and to continue to challenge the injustice perpetuated by the Qld Government. We'll also hear some speeches from young trans person Alpine and from Necho at last night's King George Square gathering to protest the Government's decision.