On Friday, 14 March 2025, a landmark seminar titled The Future of Youth Gender Medicine was held at New South Wales Parliament House. The event brought together a distinguished panel of seven speakers, each representing a field critical to discussing youth gender medicine, including clinical and academic psychiatry, psychology, evidence-based medicine, and the legal system.
The seminar focused on offering an alternative to the widely adopted gender-affirming model, instead presenting a model of care grounded in compassion, caution, and evidence-based practice. This alternative approach emphasises a holistic and exploratory framework aimed at helping distressed youth and their families navigate the often difficult and emotionally charged terrain of gender identity.