Legal and Social Issues Committee: reference

The question put

That this house: (1) recognises that medical affirmation of gender-dysphoric children and adolescents is currently one of the most controversial areas of medicine due to the lack of clinical consensus about what is being treated, the diagnostic process, whether a diagnosis is required, the asserted benefits, risks and outcomes of the medical pathway and the alternative pathways which exist; (2) notes that despite international medical and legislative moves to restrict the medical affirmation treatment pathway for gender-dysphoric minors, which involves the three stages of puberty blockade, cross-sex hormones and surgery, it remains the dominant pathway in Victoria; (3) further notes that the legislation governing gender-dysphoric children and adolescents in Victoria impacts the rights of children, parents and professionals; (4) requires the Legal and Social Issues Committee to inquire into, consider and report, within 12 months of the house agreeing to this resolution, on the appropriateness of medical affirmation treatment pathways for gender-dysphoric children and adolescents in Victoria, including but not limited to: (a) the lack of clinical consensus about what gender dysphoria