Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it

If you read the article and between the lines a little, this was instigated by a Republican who actually supports trans people and believe they should get treatment, but was later silenced by the rest of his party.

• 2022: Gov Cox gives his support for treatment of trans people, based on evidence.
• 2023: Gov Cox capitulates and "temporarily" bans the drug, in lieu of a report he commissions looking for evidence.
• 2025: Report is released and supports trans people, other Republicans denounce it, Gov Cox does not comment.

Gov Cox is clearly having his arm twisted behind the scenes here. That doesn't excuse him - at best he's compromising his morals and putting his political position first - but I think it's important to frame it accurately here rather than jump on a hate train and paint everyone with the same brush. Victory is had by winning people over to your side, not by making everyone an enemy.