First parents are being investigated in Texas under a controversial directive from the governor of the conservative US state on the care of transgender minors, according to a complaint made public on Tuesday.

The mother of a transgender teenager was suspended by her employer - Texas Family Services - and was visited by an inspector, who was looking to see if her 16-year-old daughter "wasn't in transitioning from male to female,” according to the court document.

The family, assisted in particular by the powerful human rights organization the ACLU, took legal action to block this investigation, and more broadly to invalidate a directive from Governor Greg Abbott, dated February 22.

Restrictive regulations in many states

This document, published in the midst of an election and after the failure of a similar bill, equates certain “sex change” procedures for minors with criminally reprehensible “ill-treatment”.

He cites surgical operations, but also hormonal treatments, such as puberty blockers which slow down the changes in the body during adolescence.

State services "must investigate the parents of children subjected to these abusive procedures", writes the Republican governor.

According to the complaint from the family targeted by the first investigation, this text "traumatized" their daughter, who fears being separated from her parents or being deprived "of the medical treatment which allowed her to flourish".

A psychologist specializing in the issue joined the complaint, for fear of being forced to denounce her patients.

The care to be given to transgender minors, just like their participation in sports competitions or the use of the toilets of the sex in which they identify, are the subject of lively debates in the United States.

Many conservative states have adopted restrictive regulations in recent years.

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