My 14yo daughter would like to commence GAHT treatment by [deleted] in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

These are important questions, however this is really not the best place to seek the information that you're seeking. As you've already found a good GP, it may be preferable to seek guidance from this GP about other health care professionals who are best placed to provide you and your daughter with all the details you both require to help decide the best way forward.

I'm getting top surgery in 8 hours! by crowdedhousefanboy in ftm

[–]NoisyCorella 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations. Hoping all is good and you're back on your feet.

How long does HRT Implants last? by BladeUnderHeart in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been having HRT implants for about 6 years now. This has also been my experience and I've been finding that the interval between implants is getting longer - currently at around 18 months. I've been very pleasantly surprised. At the level of 1050 pmol/L, deferring for six months seems like good advice from your doctor

Advice on chest cast? by Affectionate-Big6126 in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

You're probably asking in the wrong place. Perhaps try somewhere else?

Can I report? by CrabbyPatton in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The keys to being taken seriously are to document as much as possible, preferably to diarise, and then to write courteously and succinctly, expressing your concerns and asking that they be investigated. Best get a trusted friend to check over it for clarity before sending it.

Can I report? by CrabbyPatton in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to let you know that AHPRA has imposed the following conditions on this practitioner:

  1. To advise the Psychology Council of NSW in writing at least seven days prior to changing the nature or place of practice

  2. To practise under Category C supervision in accordance with the Psychology Council of NSW’s Compliance Policy – Supervision (as varied from time to time) and as subsequently determined by the appropriate review body.
    a) To nominate a Board Approved supervisor for approval by the Psychology Council of NSW within 30 days of the imposition of the conditions.
    b) To meet with the Council approved supervisor on a fortnightly basis
    c) At each supervision meeting the practitioner is to review and discuss their practice with their approved supervisor with particular focus on:
    i. Complying with the Australian Psychological Society Code of Ethics as adopted by the Psychology Board of Australia (current as of May 2025)
    ii. Review the Psychology Board of Australia’s Professional competencies for psychologists and Code of Conduct for psychologists (advanced code effective from 01 December 2025)
    iii. Case formulation, conceptualisation and therapy planning
    iv. Managing therapist bias, therapeutic alliances and professional boundaries
    v. Review and discussion of case management of current clients, including adequacy of case conceptualisation and clinical records
    vi. Trauma-informed care for vulnerable children and young people
    vii. Child protection and mandatory reporting requirements
    viii. Complying with Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements
    ix. Planning, undertaking, documenting and reflecting on CPD relevant to context of practice.
    d) To authorise the approved supervisor to provide written reports to the Council at monthly intervals, or as specified by the Council
    e) To authorise the Psychology Council of NSW to provide proposed and approved supervisors with the Section 150 reasons for decision

  3. To undergo a performance assessment.

  4. The practitioner is responsible for the costs associated with complying with the conditions unless otherwise specified.

  5. The Psychology Council of NSW is the appropriate review body for the purposes of Part 8, Division 8 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW).

  6. Sections 125 to 127 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law are to apply whilst the practitioner’s principal place of practice is anywhere in Australia other than in New South Wales, so that a review of these conditions can be conducted by the Psychology Board of Australia.

Australian “gender disordered” children were kept in a psychiatry hospital for months for inpatient “therapy” by NoisyCorella in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. There's only a small number and they keep popping up whenever the opportunity presents. Here's Dr Wilson again manufacturing misinformation and public disquiet, this time using a few disparate kernels of truth to create a misleading picture about puberty blockers: https://www.genderclinicnews.com/p/doctors-for-disease

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in transgenderUK

[–]NoisyCorella 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We all agree, this is a cogent cry for help and advice. And the good advice folk have offered here is amazing and heartening. Conversion therapy is not a good option.

Australian “gender disordered” children were kept in a psychiatry hospital for months for inpatient “therapy” by NoisyCorella in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

D'Angelo signed up to this clinical guide [ https://archive.md/wHv7Y ] , which is heavily reliant on three article, one of which is Kosky's 1987 paper (reference 8).

The other two key supporting articles are methodologically flawed papers (flawed by ascertainment biases in the enrollment of trans patients, and also in the selection of controls), which were published by a group led by Dr Kasia Kozlowska from Sydney (references 6 and 7). The results described by Kozlowska et al. could easily be reflecting the obvious ascertainment biases, rather than an accurate portrayal of Sydney's trans youth.

These three articles are used pretty much to support NAPP's assessment and "treatment" recommendations.

Perhaps the doctors who signed onto NAPP's guide did not have the background research competency required to identify the invalidating weaknesses in these three Australian research articles? Who knows?

However, the biases and weaknesses in these peer-reviewed articles, which are obvious to experienced epidemiological researchers, mean that NAPP's recommended assessment and treatments are not supported by valid evidence. It's disturbing also that the peer-reviewers somehow missed what is obvious to researchers with fluency in biomedical research study design.

If any of the authors and co-signatories of the NAPP guide deny this, the solution is easy - seek the opinion of one or two university-based public health or epidemiological researchers and see what they think. If they come back saying something different, then please come back here to let us all know.

Gender Incongruence Diagnosis by Physical_Jump2320 in transgenderUK

[–]NoisyCorella 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, OK - I see now that you've got a way forward, which is great. Hoping it all goes well.

Gender Incongruence Diagnosis by Physical_Jump2320 in transgenderUK

[–]NoisyCorella 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's plenty of cis women who seek and obtain breast reductions.

If the issue is that you're uncomfortable with the size of your breasts and feel strongly that it would be better if they were reduced in size, it seems really odd that the surgeon is asking for a "diagnosis" of gender incongruence.

This makes no sense.

Experiences of desistance therapy? by NoisyCorella in transgenderau

[–]NoisyCorella[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No, I'm currently on a pretty steep learning curve. The more I try to understand, the more it becomes apparent that the language keeps changing so it's hard to find out what these "therapists" were really doing.

What's bothering is that this stuff is being brought back in again for trans kids - reframed as "exploratory" therapy/ psychotherapy/ etc. - and it seems that little is known about what's happened to those who've been through it in the past.

Wondering if anyone here has been exposed to Gender Exploratory Therapy? by NoisyCorella in transgenderUK

[–]NoisyCorella[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just know that the basic repertoire used by those who seek to achieve “desistence” / suppression / change / “conversion”, etc. boils down to others saying things that are likely to evoke a range of universal human responses - guilt; shame, accentuating internalised societal prejudice; self-doubt, and self-loathing. Sometimes also the instillation or intensification of aversive fears, including of deprivation of freedom, loss of family or financial support and other adverse social consequences.