What the US Supreme Court will consider when it rules on gender-affirming care for trans children
The Supreme Court’s decision about a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for trans youth will determine how strongly the equal protection clause protects trans people.
Supreme Court ruling on trans care is literally life or death for teens
Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether banning essential health care for trans youth is constitutional. What the justices (and lawmakers in many states) probably don't realize is that they're putting teenage lives at risk when they increase anti-trans measures.
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Sadly, it appears that the Supreme Court is poised to uphold a Tennessee law that prohibits transgender youth from obtaining gender-affirming care. In a case heard last week, the six conservative justices expressed deference to the Tennessee legislature’s choice,
How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide
When Tennessee banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth last year, Sarah began taking days off work to drive hundreds of miles from her home in Nashville to a North Carolina clinic that could treat her transgender son.
The Stakes of the Supreme Court’s Major Trans Rights Case
In U.S. v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for minors. Here's what to know.
As the Supreme Court Weighs Trans Care for Minors, Adults Are in the Crosshairs
A decision in Tennessee’s favor would pave the way for courts to uphold broader bans on gender-affirming care in the future. “There really is much more at stake,” says Katie Eyer, who teaches anti-discrimination law at Rutgers University, “including potentially the ability of people of any age to effectively get [gender] care in the United States.”
Montana Supreme Court becomes first in nation to uphold trans access to health care
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a temporary injunction against the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth, becoming the first state supreme court in the nation to do so. “I will never understand why my representatives are working to strip me of my rights and the rights of other transgender kids,
Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Tennessee ban on youth transgender care
This article was updated on Dec. 4 at 4:43 p.m. During almost two-and-a-half hours of debate on Wednesday, nearly all of the court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teenagers.
Landmark Supreme Court case weighs gender-affirming care for trans kids
The Supreme Court is hearing a landmark case over whether state bans on certain gender-affirming medical treatments for minors violate the Constitution.
Montana Supreme Court blocks state law banning trans surgeries for kids
The Montana Supreme Court has affirmed a temporary block on a state law that prohibits cosmetic sex-change surgeries and puberty-blocking drugs for trans-identified minors
Montana Supreme Court allows transgender care for minors to continue
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting transition-related health care for transgender minors.
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The Supreme Court’s Hearing on Trans Rights Was Bigotry Masquerading as Law
The conservative majority spent much of the oral arguments for US v. Skrmetti trying to erase the trans community.
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