Texas doctor surrenders license after being sued for giving cross-sex hormones to minors

In October 2024, Paxton sued May Lay, a Dallas-based doctor, for providing "high-dose cross-sex hormones to twenty-one minor patients for the direct purpose of 'transitioning' the child’s biological sex," using false diagnoses and billing codes. This went against a bill passed in Texas in 2023 that prohibits medicinal and surgical procedures for the purposes of changing a child’s gender.

Lau had previously entered into a Rule 11 agreement, which prohibited her from engaging in the practice of medicine on patients. As part of the agreement, she was blocked from prescribing cross sex hormones to minors "for the purposes of transitioning a child’s biological sex or affirming a child’s belief that their gender identity is inconsistent with their biological sex," and from treating, prescribing, or billing for treatments "that are for the purposes of transitioning a minor’s biological sex or affirming their belief that their gender identity is inconsistent with their biological sex using false diagnoses or billing codes."

The Friday press release from Paxton’s office stated, "The surrendering of her medical license permanently bars Lau from experimenting on children in Texas in the future. The case against her for violating state law by giving illegal cross-sex hormones to kids to 'transition' them remains ongoing."

Paxton added in a statement, "Doctors who permanently hurt kids by giving them experimental drugs are nothing more than disturbed left-wing activists who have no business being in the medical field. May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state. My case against her for breaking the law will continue, and we will not relent in holding anyone who tries to ‘transition’ kids accountable."