BREAKING: A federal court has just REOPENED our counseling freedom case in Washington state! Back in 2021, counselor Brian Tingley challenged Washington’s ban on helping young clients accept their bodies rather than pursue “gender transition.” Laws like these were widely passed in left-leaning states, pushing young people and their families down a medicalized pathway and barring them from professional help to choose a more cautious path. After @ADFLegal helped Brian file his suit, the Supreme Court ultimately declined to hear his case in 2023. But his case laid important groundwork, with Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh dissenting from the Court’s denial of cert. The following term, the Court agreed to hear Chiles v. Salazar—a nearly identical ADF case, challenging Colorado’s nearly identical law. As we all know, Chiles resulted in an 8-1 victory for free speech this year. Now, thanks to that precedent, yesterday a federal judge agreed to revive Brian’s free speech challenge to the Washington law. This isn’t just a vindication for Brian. It’s a ray of hope for counselors, kids, and families in Washington state. ADF will keep working until these ideological counseling bans are a thing of the past nationwide. Kids with gender distress deserve compassionate, professional care—not a one-way counseling script mandated by the state.