1 June 2009 - More good news - Monash Gender Clinic and Director

Yesterday's Age newspaper carried a very good article exposing the Gender Dysphoria (sex-change) Clinic at Melbourne's Monash Medical Centre and its temporary closure.
This is something we have been concerned about, and 'quietly' working towards, for some time.

A feature front page article noted that the Monash Gender Dysphoria Clinic is currently closed for three months to review procedures. Two reports, one by the Victorian government and another by an independent reviewer have assessed the clinic over the past few years and found it to be very flawed. Many of the recommendations for improvement have not been implemented.
The article said that the Director, Trudy Kennedy, had been forced to quit!

Media Reports:
Sex-change clinic 'got it wrong'
The Age - Jill Stark, May 31, 2009.
"AUSTRALIA'S only sex-change clinic has been temporarily shut down and its controversial director forced to quit amid growing claims that patients with ..."

'I will never be able to have sex again. Ever'
Jill Stark - The Age, May 31, 2009.

Jill Stark also interviewed transsexuals who had been to Monash, had had the surgery and were happy with the clinic. This story is about two male-to-female transsexuals:
Rachel and Kimberly: a born-again love story
Jill Stark, The Age, May 31, 2009.