Supreme Court hears major transgender rights case over Tennessee ban
The Supreme Court weighed whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria violates the Constitution.
Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Uphold Tennessee Law on Transgender Care
The wide-ranging argument at the Supreme Court touched on the approaches of other nations, the relevance of a previous ruling protecting transgender workers from workplace discrimination and the rights of parents.
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The Lives of Transgender Americans Are in the Supreme Court’s Hands
The high court appeared ready to deal a savage blow to the rights and livelihoods of a group that conservatives have spent the year targeting.
Why Justice Jackson invoked interracial marriage in Supreme Court’s historic transgender care arguments
The Supreme Court was more than an hour into its feisty debate over gender-affirming care when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked one of the most significant civil rights precedents in the nation’s history.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on transgender health care ban: Conservatives skeptical
The conservative-majority Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on transgender-affirming health care for minors as it heard the most high-profile case of its term on Wednesday.
Supreme Court to confront dispute over gender-affirming care for transgender minors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
Supreme Court Suggests It Will Uphold Transgender Healthcare Ban—What To Know
Conservative-leaning Supreme Court justices suggested during oral arguments Wednesday they’re inclined to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, in a landmark case that could have repercussions nationwide as Republicans have increasingly targeted transgender rights and enacted bans on gender-affirming healthcare for minors.
Transgender rights case lands at Supreme Court amid debate over ban on medical treatments for minors
Tennessee’s law bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, but not “across the board,” lawyers for the families wrote in their Supreme Court brief. The lead lawyer, Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union, is the first openly transgender person to argue in front of the justices.
Supreme Court weighs transgender youth treatments in landmark case
The case, United States v. Skrmetti, centers on a Tennessee law that bans gender-transition treatments for adolescents in the state. The law, passed in March 2023, also takes aim at health care providers in Tennessee who continue to provide gender-transition treatments to transgender minors, opening them up to fines, lawsuits and other liability.
Transgender care for minors gets first Supreme Court review: What to know
The Supreme Court is set to hear the first-ever case on the legality of bans targeting transgender procedures for minors.
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Tennessee front and center as US Supreme Court justices clash over transgender health care
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Supreme Court uses preferred honorific for first-ever transgender lawyer in arguments
Court documents referred to ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio, a biological female who identifies as a man and uses male pronouns, ...