TX Gov. Asks Citizens To Report Parents Of Transgender Kids

This seems like a Nazi tactic – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on citizens and licensed professionals to play ‘secret police’ and report the parents of transgender minors to state authorities if it appears the minors are receiving gender-affirming medical care. https://twitter.com/rjohdomingo/status/1761900325844222135 From NBC News:

Abbott’s letter follows an opinion released Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, which stated that allowing minors to receive transition care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery is child abuse under state law.

Paxton issued the opinion after the Legislature failed last year to pass a bill that would have made it a felony alongside physical and sexual abuse to provide such care to minors. An opinion is an interpretation of existing law; it does not change the law itself but can affect how it is enforced.

In Tuesday’s letter, Abbott tasked licensed professionals who work with children — including teachers, nurses and doctors — and “members of the general public” with reporting such claims. He added that state law “provides criminal penalties for failure to report such child abuse.”

Adri Pèrez, policy and advocacy strategist for LGBTQ equality at the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, pushed back on Paxton’s “opinion,” saying in a statement, “There’s no court in Texas or the entire country that has ever found that gender-affirming care can constitute child abuse.” As I’ve noted many times here on The Randy Report, all major medical organizations — including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Psychological Association — approve of gender-affirming care being medically necessary for transgender youth and is backed by decades of research. https://twitter.com/JoeMyGod/status/1762081319415144730 https://twitter.com/JonahTillman6/status/1645112753890242561