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National Nurses United (NNU) today applauds a Texas judge’s decision to stop child abuse investigations into transgender youth and their families on the grounds of providing gender-affirming care.

The National Center for Transgender Equality joined with other leading LGBTQ organizations in Texas today to oppose efforts by Gov. Greg Abbott to classify appropriate, science-based health care for transgender young people as child abuse.

The National Center for Transgender Equality joined with other leading LGBTQ organizations in Texas today to oppose efforts by Gov. Greg Abbott to classify appropriate, science-based health care for transgender young people as child abuse.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion calling gender-affirming care for trans young people “child abuse.”

Though Florida may seem like a distant state with very little in common with Massachusetts, Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law school, says Florida’s most recent anti-LGBTQ legislation isn’t an isolated instance.

Cruel. Really, that’s the only way to describe many conservatives’ determination to pick fights with LGBTQ Americans, and with transgender children in particular.

The National Center for Transgender Equality hails the release of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which includes formal recommendations and best practices for collecting data on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and variations in sex characteristics and calls for them to be implemented by the federal government.

The National Center for Transgender Equality hails the release of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which includes formal recommendations and best practices for collecting data on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and variations in sex characteristics and calls for them to be implemented by the federal government.

The controversial bill heads to the Governor's desk, and he is expected to sign it.

President Joe Biden and the US Department of Health and Human Services responded forcefully on Wednesday to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s illegitimate attempt to criminalize appropriate, gender-affirming health care for children.

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott penned a letter directing state officials to investigate healthcare providers or parents who help transgender youth receive gender-affirming care, some believed his order would be ignored.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking the public to report the parents of transgender minors to authorities for child abuse.