Let Me Tell You My Story: Queensland Doctor Stood Down for Protecting Children Against Trans Ideology
It was close to 9 a.m.; it was an ordinary workday.
But instead of being at work, I was on the train home.
I had been stood down by the hospital.
I called my sister; we didn’t know what to say to each other.
As I approached our house, I had no idea how I would explain being stood down from work to my husband or children.
I’m Dr Jillian Spencer, a child and adolescent psychiatrist.
After twenty years of working for Queensland Health, I spoke out because I saw kids, as young as 12, distressed about their gender, thinking they are trans, being fast-tracked to dangerous and irreversible medication.
The system is set up to instantly agree with the child, affirm the child’s claimed gender identity, and medicate the child.
This medication isn’t like an aspirin. These are puberty-blocking drugs (to stop normal puberty) and then opposite-sex hormones (to change how their bodies develop so that they look like the opposite sex).
The system did not allow us to stop and ask why these children were distressed, or to properly assess their mental health. We couldn’t even investigate whether medical conditions or past trauma were shaping their state of mind.
Warnings Silenced
So, I warned that these drugs carry permanent risks and that children are too young to make such decisions.
I was looking at it clinically and knew that if anyone was to proceed with this treatment, it should only be after careful, whole-child assessment and long, honest consultation, because the stakes are huge: infertility, loss of sexual function, and lifelong medical problems.
These treatments are irreversible.
But the hospital didn’t debate the evidence; it moved to silence dissent.
I was given a “lawful direction”: always affirm the child, use their preferred pronouns, and refer them to the gender clinic (where they would be medicated).
Where I could, I complied, using names to avoid pronouns, but clinically, I couldn’t in good conscience let it go.
Then, after a single 20-minute review with a distressed teenager, a complaint landed.
In April 2023, I was stood down as “a danger to trans and gender-diverse children“.
What followed was a barrage: four separate show-cause notices, investigations for speaking out, and, now, as of last month, a letter with a disciplinary plan of termination from my role as a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Queensland Children’s Hospital.
Along the way, I’ve been accused of being a danger not just to patients, but to colleagues, for criticising them for providing healthcare according to a model that I believe harms children.
I’ve been told to keep quiet.
But I want you to know the truth in plain words:
- This is not about professional freedom in the abstract.
- This is a child protection issue.
I spoke up because vulnerable, lonely, mentally unwell kids were being funnelled into life-altering interventions without being properly assessed.
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You can donate to Dr Jillian Spencer’s legal fund here.
Republished with thanks to Dr Jillian Spencer. Image courtesy of Adobe.
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well I don’t think describing them as kindly vulnerable isolated kids is true The current PM of Canada Carney s own child is trans .Chers child Chastity is now Charles .
Btw Carney’s brother is basically like CEO of Buckingham palace .
A good friend of mine decades ago transitioned and he was an apprentice chef at the Hilton ,from a loving close family who eventually became very supportive .
He became the first ever nude centrefold in a top Aussie men’s mag and wasn’t sold as a trans commodity either
Personally it’s not my cup of tea ,but I’m.not their conscience or their judge either .
lonely vulnerable kids I typed .
and I do have to add that back in the 80s you had to be over 18 ,and attend many medical examinations and psychiatric evaluations before they allowed you to trans .
However I know of little kids who decades ago even and from history ,even the Bible , believed that they were born in the wrong body.Its in Hinduism Christianity Judaism and probably all of the others too .
But I still don’t feel comfortable about the medicating and surgery on children .In my .view they can wait until they’re certain .Which is not to say I’m opposed to trans ,just cautious about acting in.haste .
Dr.Jillian
You have acted ethically and honourably.
It’s obvious that you care much more about these children than the bureaucracy wielding power.
I pray that the day will come when you are totally vindicated, compensated and reinstated to a true position of leadership and power to help and treat these children with Gender dysphoria.
Thanks for being the voice they actually need.
THANK YOU Dr Jillian for your concern for vulnerable children, who are made in the image of God. I am praying for courage for you to continue, and vindication.
Yes Dr Jillian, I agree with Leonie and often pray for you and for your reinstatement. What is happening to these children is a totally evil social experiment that is irreversible. You only have to read some of the stories of those who are trying to detransition, they’re heartbreaking. This practice has taken us back to the dark ages before science proved that our sex is determined at the moment of conception by whether we have xx or xy chromosomes. May the Lord continue to be your rock and your shield as you walk through this dark valley. You are a courageous warrior. Bless you.
Please, everyone who reads as far as this comment, do just one thing and that is donate to Dr Spencer’s fighting fund. The link is at the end of her excellent article.
also I will add that I don’t agree with her position .She has her opinion but that’s also just her position .I do not agree with medicating kids with psychotropic drugs at all and psychiatrists prescribe those to vulnerable children .
I believe in God .Not drugs .I was a Christian scientist at one time but now I believe in certain medications but not psychotropics .
How courageous!!! Dr Jillian Spencer is a real child and adolescent psychiatrist. I have some good news that I heard from someone wanting to teach about fertility of women. There is even a pre puberty which happens in the womb……… which says a lot about trying to change things after they are born……….. The most important thing about what she is wanting to allow woman to learn and discover, is about their own miracle of their fertility, something that every woman has the right to know. in this way women of today can begin to make informed decisions…..
God bless you Dr Spencer This is a wicked attack and decision from a supposedly conservative government Truth will win in the end Stay strong .
You are a champ Dr Spencer but paying a huge price for acting with truth and compassion. Yes, may you be totally vindicated and compensated. Our government is so corrupt.
Your stand for the truth takes great courage, perseverance and selflessness – well done Jillian! You are the Wilberforce of our day standing against ideological slavery of our children – often without their parents’ consent or knowledge. I grieve over the personal price you are paying now but you will have a sure reward in time. God bless and strengthen you in this battle!