William Melhado, The Texas Tribune

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  Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care

  Support once afforded LGBTQ+ foster kids has vanished and a culture of silence has blanketed the agency tasked with raising children growing up in the system.

  William Melhado, The Texas Tribune, Greta Díaz González Vázquez, The Texas Tribune · April 23, 2024

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  Texas Supreme Court to hear legal challenge to ban on gender-affirming care for kids

  A fight over allowing transgender children to access puberty blockers and hormone therapies could hinge on justices’ interpretation of parental rights.

  William Melhado, The Texas Tribune · January 30, 2024

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  Texas ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans kids will go into effect despite legal fight

  The state attorney general’s office appealed the state district court injunction so that the law would still go into effect Sept. 1 while legal battles play out.

  William Melhado, The Texas Tribune · August 25, 2023