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A Missouri judge ruled Friday that a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors can take effect on Monday, as scheduled.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge says a law banning gender-affirming treatments for minors can take effect. St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ruled Frid

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FILE - Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor

FILE - Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor

A judge on Friday ruled against Texas' ban on gender-affirming health care for minors while a separate judge in Missouri let a similar ban take effect, jumbling again where in the U.S. transgender youth can receive treatment. Underscoring the fast-changing landscape, Texas swiftly appealed to keep its new restrictions on track to take effect Sept. 1, when it would become the largest state in the U.S. to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. “Across the country, countle...

FILE - Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor

Families of transgender minors had sued to overturn the law, asking the judge to temporarily block it as the court challenge plays out

St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ruled that the law will kick in Monday, as previously scheduled.

SB 12, the so-called 'drag ban' bill, has already sent a chill of fear and uncertainty through the LGBTQ+ community.