Transgender student, 13, interrogated in school by Texas agency over ‘child abuse’ order

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The filing joins a legal challenge from LGBT+ advocacy groups and Texas families with transgender children against the state’s directive to prosecute families with children receiving gender-affirming care as acts of child abuse. In February, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services to pursue child abuse cases against families with transgender children, which followed an opinion from state Attorney General Ken Paxton claiming that widely accepted, evidence-based clinical guidelines to treat trans youth should “legally constitute child abuse” under state law. Another suit, also filed by Lambda Legal and the ACLU on behalf of three other families, Recommended Texas judge blocks Obamacare rule on free HIV drugs claiming they violate religious liberties In July, Texas Judge Amy Clark Meachum blocked investigations into two of the three plaintiffs named in that suit but did not rule on a request to stop the state from pursuing cases against a third family or other members of PFLAG, the LGBT+ advocacy group leading the lawsuit. He is finally comfortable with himself and happy.” After interviewing Steve, an investigator arrived at Carol’s apartment and told her she was being investigated for “child abuse” and claimed it was “illegal” to seek hormone therapy for her child, according to the filing.