The injunction was expected after Hinkle on June 6 partially blocked Florida from enforcing its recent ban on people under 18 receiving gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy. U.S. district court judges elsewhere have blocked state laws banning gender-affirming care in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana and Oklahoma. The plaintiffs were two transgender adults, August Dekker and Brit Rothstein, and two transgender minors who filed under pseudonyms. The defendants were the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and its secretary, Jason Weida, who did not respond to an after-hours request for comment. The AHCA "retained only consultants known in advance for their staunch opposition to gender-affirming care," the judge found.

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Persons: Robert Hinkle, Hinkle, August Dekker, Brit Rothstein, Jason Weida, Ron DeSantis, Daniel Trotta, Gerry Doyle Organizations: District, Affordable, Republican, Rights, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Thomson Locations: U.S, Florida, Alabama , Arkansas , Indiana, Oklahoma