Transgender-identifying girls and women are being prescribed this masculinising hormone supposedly for the male condition “androgen deficiency due to an established testicular disorder.”
This diagnosis enables females who seek “gender-affirming” masculinisation as a transboy or transman to claim publicly funded testosterone under Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Subsidised testosterone is not available for gender dysphoria.1
“There are huge ethical and legal concerns with doctors claiming that girls and young women have testicles in order to attract a taxpayer subsidy for ‘gender-affirming’ testosterone,” Senator Chandler told GCN earlier this month.
Source: Testicle trouble – by Bernard Lane – Gender Clinic News