# Court issues injunction allowing trans youth in Alabama to use gender-affirming medicine {2022-05-14}

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**Created:** [May 14, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-issues-injunction-allowing-trans-youth-in-alabama-to-use-gender-affirming-medicine-2022-05-14/964418 "2022-05-14T15:55:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-issues-injunction-allowing-trans-youth-in-alabama-to-use-gender-affirming-medicine-2022-05-14/964418/1 "2022-05-14T15:55:00Z")

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A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction permitting trans minors in Alabama to access gender-affirming medicine, blocking part of a state ban that went into effect a week ago:

[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alabama-transgender-youth-can-use-medicine-during-transition-judge/ar-AAXgiQR?bk=1&ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c0a3294c46c94dcab42348783c9d1909](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alabama-transgender-youth-can-use-medicine-during-transition-judge/ar-AAXgiQR?bk=1&ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c0a3294c46c94dcab42348783c9d1909)

He kept in place the part of the law that prohibits gender-affirming surgery for minors, which, in any event, is done in only a small minority of cases.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-issues-injunction-allowing-trans-youth-in-alabama-to-use-gender-affirming-medicine-2022-05-14/964418/2 "2022-05-14T16:50:49Z")

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While the right will accuse him of being an “activist judge”, even though he was appointed by DT, I hope more states push back on laws that are clearly aimed at criminalizing trans kids and their parents.