Trans youth’s TikTok surgeon heads for clash with lawmakers

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Florida, fresh off a high-profile battle to ban what critics call gay and transgender grooming of young children in public schools, may be ready for the next legal fight: barring sex reassignment surgeries on teenagers by doctors, including one who boasts on TikTok that it is “easier than wisdom teeth removal.”

One state House member said he is interested in looking at a ban on transgender medical procedures for minors after a Washington Examiner investigation showed a Miami plastic surgeon promoting mastectomies and other gender surgeries to minors on TikTok.

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