There are mounting calls for the Federal Government to remove the courts from the process of gender change.
Increasing numbers of transgender children are using a new, free national legal service to help them access vital hormone treatments.
Elliot Taylor was born a female, but he no longer wants his birth name uttered.
Presenting as male at school, Elliot Taylor battled bullies and resorted to self-harm.
He underwent a year of medical assessments to test his physical and psychological health.
But he says he also needed the approval of the Family Court to receive irreversible hormone treatment, known as Stage 2 treatment, to change his gender.
Elliot Taylor says he believes changing his gender is a medical, not a legal, issue and transgender children like him should not have to go to court.
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