For Chase Strangio, the professional path that’s led to this moment – in which he’ll have 15 minutes to present an argument defending gender-affirming care for trans youth before the Supreme Court – cannot be unwoven from his life outside the courtroom.

It is not lost on me that I will be standing there at the lectern at the Supreme Court in part because I was able to have access to the medical care that is the very subject of the case that we’re litigating,

The first openly transgender lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court will say that minors should be prescribed hormone therapy and puberty blockers. Chase Strangio will take to the floor tomorrow to represent families who say Tennessee’s ban on treatment for trans children is unconstitutional.