A recent article in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), claims that laws protecting minors from hormone treatments and transition surgery “amounts to state-sanctioned medical neglect and emotional abuse.”
In a landmark case, the Spreckels Union School District in Salinas, California, has agreed to a $100,000 settlement with a mother and her daughter, who accused staff at Buena Vista Middle School of secretly guiding the 11-year-old girl to transition to a male identity.