Pronouns Matter

The mother of a transgender teen who killed himself after staff at Rady Children’s Hospital repeatedly used the wrong pronoun while treating the teen for depression and suicide ideation can pursue a raft of <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/top-hospital-sued-over-trans-teens-care/">claims</a> against the hospital, a federal judge <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Trans-Rady-MTD-ORDER.pdf">ruled</a></strong> Wednesday.

SAN DIEGO – The mother of a transgender teen who killed himself after staff at Rady Children’s Hospital repeatedly used the wrong pronoun while treating the teen for depression and suicide ideation can pursue a raft of claims against the hospital, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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