Texas judge blocks Greg Abbott’s order to investigate families of transgender kids for child abuse

A Texas court has temporarily stopped the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating the families of transgender children receiving gender-affirming healthcare.

Last week, Lambda Legal, The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a lawsuit on behalf of PFLAG National and naming three Texas families challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) recent call for the DFPS to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming healthcare to transgender kids, and to block the state from investigating members of PFLAG.

Related: Trans teen needed help from a hospital after a suicide attempt. Instead they reported his parents.

According to Lambda Legal, the temporary restraining order issued by Travis County District Judge Jan Soifer on Friday stops the Texas DFPS from investigating the parents named in the lawsuit, and any families contacted by the DFPS should identify themselves as PFLAG members.

“That families will be protected from invasive, unnecessary, and unnerving investigations by DFPS simply for helping their transgender children thrive and be themselves is a very good thing,” said PFLAG National executive director Brian K. Bond in a statement. “However, let’s be clear: These investigations…

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