The Queensland government faces another legal challenge over its ban on puberty blockers for transgender adolescents. The LGBTI Legal Service has filed an application in the Supreme Court, seeking clarification on a ministerial directive that stops public health services from prescribing puberty blockers and hormones to new young patients with gender dysphoria. The directive was issued by Health Minister Tim Nicholls, who previously reinstated a ban overturned by the Supreme Court. The latest legal challenge is brought by a mother whose daughter has been receiving private gender-affirming care, arguing that her daughter should not be considered a new patient under the current directive. The mother expresses concern that the ministerial direction was made without input from young trans people, their parents, or medical experts. Meanwhile, Minister Nicholls is reviewing an independent report on the use of puberty blockers for trans adolescents, which will shape future public healthcare for young trans people in Queensland.

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