Families of transgender youth and health care workers are suing the state of Texas, accusing it of violating the state constitution, which guarantees the right to parental autonomy. Via 19thnews
The law discriminates against transgender youth as well, the lawsuit argues, by treating them differently based on their sex and their transgender status and so violates their rights to equality and equal protection under the Texas Constitution. The ban also infringes on Texas’ physicians’ right of occupational freedom by mandating medical licenses be revoked if they provide transgender adolescent patients with gender-affirming care, the lawsuit reads.
Maeve begins puberty, she will need puberty blockers to prevent masculinizing changes to her body that don’t align with her gender. She has always been worried about her body changing in ways that don’t match her true self — and the idea of going through a boy’s puberty extremely upsets her.
Klosterboer was at the Texas Capitol during the legislative session this year, and said that the passage of this bill — alongside the aftermath of how protesters against the bill were treated — left him a bit shell-shocked.
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