The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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Source: AP

Updated 10:46 AM EST, November 29, 2024


WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. The justices on Wednesday are taking up the issue of gender-affirming care for transgender minors, which has been banned by Tennessee and 25 other Republican-led states.

The fight over whether transgender adolescents can access puberty blockers and hormonal treatments is part of a broader effort to regulate the lives of transgender people, including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use. Trump backed a national ban on such care as part of his 2024 campaign in which he demeaned and mocked transgender people.

In its waning days, the Biden administration, along with families of transgender adolescents, will appeal to the justices to strike down the Tennessee ban as unlawful sex discrimination and protect the constitutional rights of vulnerable Americans.

“The stakes are high, of course, for transgender adolescents, but also for the parents who are watching their children suffer, who are just trying to do right by their kids,” Chase Strangio, who represents the families at the Supreme Court, said in an interview. Strangio, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, will be the first openly transgender person to argue before the high court.

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1. ROLL BACK PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS

Conservative values in action. And a roll back fueled by hate and ignorance.

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2. "The stakes are high..."

But the outcome is certain.

An ignorant, hateful, bigoted conservative Court will rule in favor of the state, allowing the states to disadvantage transgender Americans through force of law.