The Colorado Sun: A judge in Denver took the unusual step Thursday of closing her courtroom to the public — including the media — as doctors from Children’s Hospital Colorado testified about their decisions to no longer write prescriptions for young transgender patients.

The doctors requested anonymity out of fear of punishment by the federal government for having previously treated transgender youth. Underscoring that threat, Children’s revealed Thursday that it has been referred again for investigation by federal authorities over its care of trans kids.

In court Thursday, an attorney for Children’s said the investigation is part of “a reign of terror by the federal government against transgender care providers.”

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