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(A)manda Parkinson

MPs urged to suspend gender-affirming care for kids

Transgender man Elliot Hughes has spoken out against the "politicisation of his healthcare". ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

A petition "praying" for the Northern Territory government to suspend access to gender-affirming care for children has been tabled in parliament. 

Speaker Robyn Lambley stepped down from the chair to submit the petition on behalf of the Australian Christian Lobby that "prays... all medical and surgical transitioning treatments for children in the Northern Territory," be suspended to "protect them from further injury".

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