Mel Jefferies’ story is heartbreaking — but tragically, not surprising.
The 33-year-old Melbourne woman is suing the doctors who facilitated her so-called “gender transition”, saying they left her with “significant injury”. She was put on testosterone and had irreversible surgery, despite ongoing mental health issues that, she says, were never properly treated.
Family First has long warned that Australia’s gender-affirming care model would end in tragedy. And now the lawsuits are beginning.
This is just the beginning of what we expect will be a wave of litigation from de-transitioners — young Australians who were fast-tracked onto hormones and surgery without proper safeguards, and who now face a lifetime of regret and medical complications.
Mel says she was “failed” by the affirmation model — a model that insists the only acceptable response to someone struggling with gender confusion is to affirm their new identity and start medical intervention. Dissenting views, caution, or alternative treatments are aggressively shut down.
Tragically, her story is not unique.
Family First believes people like Mel Jefferies should not only be able to sue doctors — but also the politicians in the Liberal and Labor parties who have presided over this dangerous experiment on vulnerable Australians. They’ve ignored growing evidence from whistleblowers like Dr Jillian Spencer.
They’ve ignored international developments like the Cass Review in the UK. And they’ve ignored the pleas of parents and faith communities begging for sanity.
Instead, they’ve allowed our schools, hospitals and government health departments to become captured by radical gender ideology.
The consequences are devastating and irreversible.
Family First will continue to fight for truth and compassion — for a return to evidence-based medical care, for the protection of vulnerable children and adults, and for justice for the victims of this failed ideology.
That’s why the party is committed to getting principled people into Parliament, starting with Deepa Mathew at the South Australian election next March.
Mel’s case could become a legal landmark — a test case for doctors’ duty of care. But it must also serve as a warning to every politician still pushing this harmful agenda.
Enough damage has been done. It’s time to end the gender experiment. Vote 1 Family First.