Judge Hinkle concluded optimistically that the families involved are “likely to prevail on their claim that the prohibition is unconstitutional.”

Florida’s new ban on transgender youth care was temporarily halted for three transgender youths as part of an ongoing lawsuit.

Simone Chriss, Director of the Southern Legal Counsel’s Transgender Rights Initiative calls the ruling a “strong affirmation of trans folks, of their experiences and of the healthcare they need to survive.

A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday partially blocked the state from enforcing its recent ban on people under 18 receiving gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, allowing three transgender children to continue with their treatment while hearing a lawsuit by seven families who sued to challenge the law.

Although the injunction only applies to the families involved in the suit, lawyers call it an “important initial step” to get the ban overturned.

A Florida judge blocked Gov. DeSantis' administration's ban on gender-affirming care Tuesday, saying "gender identity is real." U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction for three Florida families who sued the state over its recent passing of SB 254,

A Florida judge on Tuesday blocked the enforcement of new state restrictions on gender-affirming health care for three transgender children whose families have challenged them in federal court, ruling that the state has prohibited the administration of treatments “even when medically appropriate.