More than 60 corporations, including Apple, Google and Dow, signed a letter condemning Texas for investigating the families of transgender children.
. That came after Paxton said in a nonbinding legal opinion that providing transgender children with gender-affirming care is child abuse. The state has begun investigations of at least nine families.
The letter said the state’s efforts to label such care as child abuse is one of several efforts across the country aimed at discriminating against transgender youth. Last year, the state alsothat required transgender student athletes in public schools to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate when they were born.
In 2017, business groups made their opposition to the Legislature’s so-called bathroom bill well known. That bill would have dictated which bathrooms transgender Texans could use. Business groups said it would beand could lead to the cancellation of corporate and sporting events in the state. On Friday, the Trevor Project, the largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ youth, called on the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to end what it deemed “unjust investigations” into families of transgender children.
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Apple, Google among dozens of corporations condemning Texas’ order to investigate families of trans kidsThe letter, published as a full-page ad in The Dallas Morning News, was also signed by Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, Dow and Capital One. The companies said they do business, create jobs and serve customers in Texas and are committed to creating safe communities for LGBTQ people.
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