Tribunal Overturns Ban on Post Criticising Transgender WHO Appointee

Australia’s Administrative Review tribunal found no intent to cause serious harm to the trans individual.

Anti-trans activist Chris Elston, joined by his supporters, demonstrates against gender affirmation treatments and surgeries on minors, outside of Boston Childrens Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sept. 18, 2022. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has overruled an order from Australia’s eSafety commissioner for the social media platform X to remove a post by a prominent Canadian activist.

Chris Elston, otherwise known as “Billboard Chris,” criticised the appointment of female-to-male trans person Teddy Cook to a World Health Organisation (WHO) panel in a post on X.