Washington (AFP) – A US federal court on Friday temporarily blocked part of an Alabama law which made it a felony to give gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender minors. Such treatments have become a cultural and political lightning rod in the United States, where many Republican-controlled states have brought legislation limiting the medical options open to young transgender people. Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which came into effect earlier this month, bans the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapies — which are often used to bring a person’s bod…