Republican official sued a Texas doctor for treating trans kids. She left the state.https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/republican-official-sued-a-texas-doctor-for-treating-trans-kids-she-left-the-state/ 🔗John Russell (27 Oct 2025)
A Dallas pediatrician who became the first doctor to be sued under a Texas law banning gender-affirming care for minors has given up her license to practice in the state.
According to TownFlex, the Texas Medical Board confirmed that Dr. May Lau voluntarily surrendered her medical license. In a statement, Lau's attorney, Craig Smyser, said that she has decided to move her practice to Oregon and sees no reason to maintain her license to practice in Texas.
Last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Lau for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to minors in violation of S.B. 14. The state law, which went into effect in September 2023, bans doctors from prescribing hormone replacement therapy and puberty blockers to minors, and from performing gender-affirming surgery on minors.
Paxton's suit accused Lau of prescribing hormone replacement therapy to at least 21 minors between October 2023 and August 2024. It further alleged that Lau "used false diagnoses and billing codes to mask these unlawful prescriptions."
Notably, Paxton's suit falsely referred to gender-affirming care as "dangerous and experimental" and a press release from his office claimed that there is "no scientific evidence" to support the benefits of gender-affirming medication.
In his statement, Smyser said that Lau "continues to deny the Texas Attorney General's politically- and ideologically-driven allegations," according to TownFlex.
