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| Subject: Turning point for sex-change OZschwitz teens Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:29 pm | |
| A new case may review approval for treatment in adolescents, writes Julie Robotham.
Jamie will be 12 in May. She lives with her parents and twin brother somewhere in Australia and is, according to a Family Court judge's description, ''a very attractive young girl with long blonde hair''.
Her penis and testicles, which had begun to enlarge, are now suspended in an early adolescent state courtesy of puberty-blocking drugs approved by the court last year.
Her breasts, for now, remain a matter for a future court ruling. Justice Linda Dessau reserved a decision over whether and when Jamie should be allowed to start the female hormones needed to make them grow, to take account of ''circumstances that may not be predicted when the child is … still only 10''.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/turning-point-for-sexchange-teens-20120210-1sic4.html#ixzz1m24ochA7
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