Transgender Care Group Denied Appeal in Alabama Discovery Fight

A transgender health organization can’t appeal a discovery order requiring it to produce information related to its development of guidelines for treating minors who have gender dysphoria.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health didn’t show that the order concerns a pure question of law appropriate for interlocutory appellate review or that an appeal would materially advance the litigation, the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama said.

The underlying case concerns a constitutional challenge to Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which prohibits gender-affirming care for minors. The law was one of the first of its ...