LGBTQ+ advocacy group sues Texas AG, says it won't identify transgender families

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LGBTQ+ advocacy group sues Texas AG, says it won't identify transgender families

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Story by KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL (29 Feb 2024)

A national LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Texas Attorney General's office rather than hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care.

According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Texas court, PFLAG National says Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton's office is demanding "documents and communications" related to a sworn statement the group's CEO Brian Bond provided to a court last year while opposing the state's transgender youth medical care ban.

Bond's statement at the time detailed how many PFLAG members had set up contingency plans should their child's medical care be cut off, ranging from finding resources to move out of state to finding alternative care inside Texas. Bond's affidavit was submitted shortly after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a sweeping gender-affirming care ban for minors.

The lawsuit alleges that the attorney general is "seeking to determine which Texas families are seeking to access gender-affirming care for their transgender adolescents."

PFLAG is asking the state court to block Paxton's request.

"This mean-spirited demand from the Attorney General's Office is petty and invasive, which is why we want the court to put an end to it," Bond said in a statement.