A federal appeals court on Aug. 14 revived a Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena seeking information from a Washington state provider of so-called transgender healthcare to minors, which a lower court blocked as politically motivated.
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2–1 that a federal district judge in Seattle erred in concluding that the DOJ subpoena was issued in bad faith in a lawsuit filed by telehealth provider QueerDoc.
QueerDoc offers so-called gender-affirming care for patients, including minors, diagnosed with gender dysphoria, which is discomfort arising from a perceived mismatch between a patient’s sex at birth and purported gender identity. Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones may be prescribed for the provider’s patients….