Texas city commission passes resolution to protect transgender treatments for minors from state law [Video]

A new resolution approved by an LGBTQ commission in Austin, Texas could potentially protect city residents offering gender transition medical treatment to minors.

The LGBTQ Quality of Life Advisory Commission unanimously approved a recommendation to the Austin city council on “transgender and sexual identity protections” Monday night. Among these protections appeared to include concerns over medical treatments for minors. 

“WHERAS the City Council recognizes that families and healthcare providers in Austin are living in uncertainty and fear, and many are considering moving away or have already moved to other states to access medical care for their children or to be able to practice medicine freely in accordance with professional and ethical standards,” the recommendation read.

While the recommendation did not specifically mention treatments for minors such as puberty blockers or hormone therapy, it referenced support from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Academy of Pediatricians and noted a “majority of U.S. adults agree that transgender minors should have access to gender-affirming care.”

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