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Queensland psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer was allegedly removed by security from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress in Melbourne after holding up a sign during a keynote address protesting the suspension of embattled psychiatrist Dr Andrew Amos.

Dr Spencer was protesting the college鈥檚 decision to withdraw Dr Amos鈥� membership following his suspension by AHPRA earlier this year. This involved holding up a sign saying “RANZCP KICKED OUT DR AMOS. WHY?” in what she described as a silent protest. She also gave out flyers linking to an open letter about Dr Amos.

Dr Spencer later posted on X (Twitter) describing the incident.

鈥淭his morning, I silently held up a sign at the @RANZCP Congress during the keynote speech. Security pushed me over, dragged me out, and cancelled my conference registration,鈥� she wrote.

鈥淩ANZCP CEO, Damian Ferrie, told me my sign counted as 鈥榓dvertising鈥� so wasn鈥檛 allowed.”

In a second post, Dr Spencer disputed details in other coverage, specifying that she didn鈥檛 “fall down while being escorted”, but was allegedly “pushed over by a security guard after I remained silently standing after he asked me to leave,鈥� she wrote.

describe her as appearing to “fall down” while being escorted out. Spencer has refuted this. Other.conference attendees have disputed Spencer’s version of events.

“Clunk, clunk, clunk went my legs,” she wrote on another post.鈥淥nce I was on the ground, he physically dragged me down the stairs. 1000 psychiatrists watching did nothing.鈥�

Dr Spencer has sent a statement of witness about the incident. The RANZCP that Dr Spencer was asked to leave the conference, saying that all attendees are obliged to act respectfully.

Anti-trans activists have also criticised聽 a morning tea for 17c起草社区IA+ members and allies held at the RANZCP congress, with Dr Spencer responding to a photo of the event saying “They鈥檙e smiling and I鈥檓 bruised.”

They鈥檙e smiling and I鈥檓 bruised. 馃し鈥嶁檧锔�

鈥� Jillian Spencer (@Jilliantweeting)

Dr Spencer is a Queensland child and adolescent psychiatrist and anti-trans activist, who has publicly criticised gender-affirming healthcare for transgender young people. In 2023, she was suspended from Queensland Children鈥檚 Hospital after criticising the hospital鈥檚 gender-affirming care model for minors, including the use of puberty blockers.

In 2025, she received a termination notice, which was later paused pending a judicial review in the Queensland Supreme Court. She is also pursuing a whistleblower claim through the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission. More recently, Spencer confirmed she was under investigation by AHPRA over social media posts criticising gender-affirming care.

This is not her first anti-trans activist stunt, with the doctor proudly telling a forum in NSW that she “enjoyed” pulling down the transgender pride flags in a children’s hospital.

Dr Amos, whose suspension prompted Spencer鈥檚 protest, is a Queensland psychiatrist and former James Cook University academic who has been an outspoken critic of gender-affirming healthcare.

In February, AHPRA imposed conditions on his registration, banning him from making social media posts and preventing direct clinical contact with patients following complaints about posts he made online trolling and attacking trans people’s appearances, and referring to trans identity as a “psychosis”.

The RANZCP later suspended his membership, stating it was an interim governance measure following the regulatory action against him.

The RANZCP have on the role of psychiatrists working with trans and gender diverse people, which includes the statements that “being Trans or Gender Diverse does not represent a mental health condition”, and that they oppose “conversion therapy and any other attempts to restrict a person鈥檚 gender expression”.