Austin ISD says trans students will always be protected, despite Paxton's directive

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Abbott's and Paxton's attacks on Trans youth are disgusting

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Austin ISD's superintendent said this week that trans kids in the district should continue to feel safe at school, after Texas' attorney general issued an opinion saying some medical care they seek should be considered child abuse.

“We protect all our kids at Austin ISD," Stephanie Elizalde wrote on Twitter, "no matter what, and that goes for our trans kids, too.”

Texas doctors belonging to the Committee to Protect Health Care and National Nurses United, an organization of registered nurses, both condemned the move to "criminalize" health care for trans youth. The American Medical Association has said interfering in gender-affirming care for nonbinary and trans youth can be detrimental to physical and mental health.

Ken Paxton's opinion is nonbinding, so schools are not required to turn in families who seek out hormone therapy or any sort of gender-assignment surgery or procedure. These types of opinions are meant to guide prosecutors in how to interpret the law.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

1. I'm glad to hear that...

All kids need protecting at all times. But there have been few times in history where one group of kids has been more vulnerable. Trans kids are under attack in Texbekistan and Florarabia, and it's sad and horrifying.

I hope everyone with Austin ISD are prepared to dig in their heels and push back... HARD. Because Governor Hot Wheels and Herr Paxton are not going to give up easily. Monsters usually don't.