Saying gender identity is real, a federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, ruling Tuesday that the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment.
Judge Robert Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction, saying three transgender children can continue receiving treatment. The lawsuit challenges the law Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed shortly before he announced a run for president.
“The elephant in the room should be noted at the outset. Gender identity is real. The record makes this clear,” Hinkle said, adding that even a witness for the state agreed.
Source: US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’
“No rational basis”.
How interesting, a legal professional wading into a medical debate.
I had to correct one of the social workers I used to manage who came to me to say that a patient who had symptoms of dementia had seen a lawyer and my social worker told me that the lawyer said he was OK.
My advice was to say that that is the same as sending a doctor to the court to say “this man is innocent”… and as useful.
We seem to have a problem with boundaries these days…