Star-Telegram analysis blasts Paxton’s anti-trans opinion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has published analysis of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s non-binding opinion, which he released Feb.
21, calling affirming health care for transgender youth, blasting Paxton for “cit[ing] sources in a misleading way and [drawing] parallels that researchers say simply do not exist.” For the article, reporter Emily Brindley spoke to the people behind the sources Paxton quoted, most of whom were outraged to see their work so blatantly misrepresented.
Alexandra Minna Stern, professor of history at the University of Michigan, studies the history of forced sterilization in the United States, and Paxton tried to show a parallel between forced sterilization and gender affirmation surgeries for minors.
Stern, who had not known Paxton cited her work, told Brindley she is “mortified” to see her research included in the opinion.
