A federal court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction allowing three transgender youths to receive puberty blockers despite Florida Board of Medicine’s rules and a new law, SB 254, banning gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18.
Jennifer L. Levi, director of the Transgender Rights Project at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, in an emailed statement to the Orlando Sentinel emphasized this part of the ruling. These three adolescents, whose identity along with their parents’ has been kept anonymous, have begun or are about to begin puberty. Each has lived as a gender different than their biological sex for years and risks being outed to peers as transgender if they begin puberty. Their doctors all deem puberty blockers medically necessary, and to not give them risks irreversible harm, the ruling states.
The law requires transgender health care to be overseen by a physician, and for patients to see that doctor in person. These bans contradict widely accepted and long-standing guidance published by the American Academy of Pediatrics; the Endocrine Society, a global medical organization; and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, an international group focused on gender dysphoria treatment.
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