“This step was taken to safeguard our healthcare professionals and impacted families from potential criminal legal ramifications”
The court’s ruling stops the DFPS from investigating the parents named in the lawsuit
“I am a human being and I am also trans- I am a mosaic of experiences and identities, with joy and sorrow and happiness and love"
"Gov. Abbott & Attorney General Paxton are joining a politically motivated misinformation campaign with no consideration of medical science"
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies to investigate parents and medical caregivers of trans youth for child abuse
Every person should have the ability to choose when and how they want to start or grow a family, free from legislative interference
LGBTQ+ advocates in Texas were outraged calling actions “disinformation, being spread about transgender people and their healthcare”
"Anti-LGBTQ+ politicians have sought to lay the groundwork to turn Texans against their LGBTQ+ neighbors through an onslaught of legislation"
She also complained that their classmates weren’t allowed to make fun of them- while speaking at a forum for candidates
She's experienced both the “superpower of invisibility” & the “superpower of being deeply connected to those who are marginalized”