Queensland ban on puberty blockers for gender dysphoria to continue until at least 2031, LNP announces

Queensland’s health minister says the state’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for new patients will continue until a clinical trial by the UK’s National Health Service is complete. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A pause on puberty blockers and hormone treatment for new adolescent patients with gender dysphoria in Queensland’s public system will continue until at least 2031, the state’s health minister, Tim Nicholls, announced on Friday.

The decision comes despite a review by Victoria’s former chief psychiatrist, Prof Ruth Vine, now made public, finding that treatment decisions “must be informed by each individual’s presentation and circumstances”.