First transgender attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging health care ban for minors
First transgender attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging health care ban for minors
The issue of transgender rights animated the presidential campaign. Now it has made its way to the Supreme Court, and in more ways than one.
Summary
Chase Strangio will become the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, representing families challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors.
Tennessee defends the law as protecting children from premature medical decisions, while Strangio argues the ban denies critical care endorsed by major medical groups.
The case comes amid growing restrictions on transgender rights nationwide.
Strangio, an ACLU lawyer, emphasizes the harm of denying necessary treatments, drawing from personal experience.
A decision is expected by summer, with potential policy shifts under the next administration.
Damn, i feel like this wont hit the way it should to the people that need convincing, but it sure is a hell of an argument in itself that a transgender person is doing well enough in life to be practicing law before the supreme court. Like Michael Phelps existing in the face of weed's stereotype of laziness.