{"id":9966,"date":"2023-03-24T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=9966"},"modified":"2023-03-24T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T02:28:18","slug":"a-joint-statement-from-mcri-and-the-rch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/a-joint-statement-from-mcri-and-the-rch\/","title":{"rendered":"A joint statement from MCRI and the RCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We are proud to lead Australia\u2019s largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/adolescent-medicine\/gender-service\/\">clinical<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcri.edu.au\/research\/projects\/gender-research\">research<\/a> program providing care for trans children, adolescents and their families, and investigate their long-term health outcomes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In light of recent displays of hatred in Melbourne, we affirm our belief that no child should experience discrimination or the threat of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Through our research and clinical work we know trans and gender diverse children and adolescents are some of the most vulnerable in our community. They need and deserve our support, our respect, our affirmation and our protection.<\/p>\n<p>Any action that leads to their exclusion and increases their vulnerability will likely cause unacceptable harm.<\/p>\n<p>We must speak up. We call out and reject intolerance and vilification.<\/p>\n<p>We celebrate our society\u2019s diversity, and stand with our trans patients, research participants, their families, our colleagues and the broader trans community.<\/p>\n<p>More information on how trans and gender diverse children and adolescents can be supported is available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raisingchildren.net.au\/pre-teens\/development\/pre-teens-gender-diversity-and-gender-dysphoria\/gender-identity,-diversity-and-dysphoria-supporting-your-child\">Raising Children Network trans and gender diverse resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/adolescent-medicine\/gender-service\/\">The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital Gender Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/kidsinfo\/fact_sheets\/Gender_dysphoria\/\">Kids Health Info Fact Sheet: Gender dysphoria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/amp\/yes-words-can-harm-young-trans-people-heres-what-we-can-do-to-help-176788\">Words can harm young trans people. Here\u2019s what we can do to help<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To speak to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline<\/a> Crisis Supporter, phone 13 11 14<br \/>\nTo speak to the <a href=\"https:\/\/kidshelpline.com.au\/\">Kids Helpline<\/a>, phone 1800 55 1800<br \/>\nTo speak with an LGBTQIA+ peer counsellor, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainbowdoor.org.au\/getsupport\">Rainbow Door<\/a> 1800 729 367<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of recent displays of hatred in Melbourne, we affirm our belief that no child should experience discrimination or the threat of discrimination. Read our full statement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8971],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9968,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966\/revisions\/9968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}