Texas will now have a 'detransition clinic' for minors. It's unclear what that means.

Texas is arguably the most frightening place in the country for families of transgender children. The state's GOP leadership, often in partnership with the Trump administration, has threatened to take children away from their families, chased physicians out of the state and attacked children's hospitals. Fearing for their safety, many families have fled. In 2022, one mother of a transgender daughter warned, "This is a crisis … we have political refugees in the U.S., leaving with whatever they can fit in their car."

As part of this ongoing focus on transgender youth, the state, in partnership with the Justice Department, held a yearslong investigation of Texas Children's Hospital, focusing on the medical center's treatment of transgender youth. On Friday, the DOJ and Texas Children's Hospital announced they had reached a settlement.