Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a suit against a North Texas doctor Thursday, claiming that she illegally provided gender transition care to “at least” 21 minors. According to Paxton‘s office, Dr. May C. Lau, an adolescent physician who works as an associate professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, gave gender-affirming care to minors by falsifying records to provide hormones to patients for the purpose of transitioning. Senate Bill 14, a Texas law that went into effect in 2023, “prohibits ‘gender transition’ medical interventions such as surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for minors.” The law also says that the state‘s medical board “shall revoke” medical licenses for those who violate it. “The doctor allegedly used false diagnoses and billing codes to mask these unlawful prescriptions,” Paxton’s office said. According to Lau’s faculty page at UT Southwestern Medical Center, she specializes in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and youth gender dysphoria. UT Southwestern could not be reached immediately for comment.
