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Trans kids in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — An appeals court in Texas denied the Department of Family and Protective Services’ appeal of a lawsuit filed by the parents of trans kids, who were being investigated for child abuse on what they say are trumped-up suspicions targeting transgender children. The court does not agree that governmental immunity bars the parents’ suit.

Read the ruling here.

Read our coverage of the controversy here.

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