Gabrielle Jones-Radtke has lived in El Paso for nearly her entire life. She loves El Paso — its community, its culture, its recent growth — but her favorite factor is its predictability.
“If you’re young, you know, maybe that’s not the best thing,” Jones-Radtke said. “But once you get older and have a family, predictability is everything.”
But a series of unpredictable circumstances is forcing her to move her family about 25 miles away to New Mexico. Her seven-year-old daughter, Freyja, has Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) and requires puberty blockers to treat a complication associated with the syndrome. Her endocrinologist, Dr. Hector Granados, stopped providing puberty blockers, after Attorney General Ken Paxton accused him of providing transgender care to minors, allegations that were later dismissed. Because his practice is the only pediatric endocrinology office in El Paso and it’s hard to obtain an appointment, the Jones-Radtke family is planning to move across state lines with hopes of easier access to this treatment and more care options.
