Chase Strangio will be the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, representing families challenging Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The case highlights ongoing tensions surrounding transgender rights amid a broader national push against such healthcare access.
The Supreme Court is set to hear a pivotal case regarding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, part of a larger trend where 25 states have enacted similar laws. This legal battle comes as the Biden administration and families argue that these bans constitute unlawful discrimination.
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Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a state in the southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 states.
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The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of America. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law, and original jurisdict
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Chase Strangio is an American lawyer and transgender rights activist. He is a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Martina Navratilova is a Czech-American former professional tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1975 through 2005; she is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of
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Nicole Amber Maines is an American actress and transgender rights activist. Prior to her acting career, she was the anonymous plaintiff in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case Doe v.
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Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page is a Canadian actress and producer. Her career began with roles in television shows such as Pit Pony, Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis.
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Sarah McBride is an American LGBTQ rights activist and Democratic candidate for a seat in the Delaware Senate. She is currently the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign.
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The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender dysphoria.
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The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy, usually shortened to Williams Institute, is a public policy research institute based at the UCLA School of Law focused on sexual orientation and gender identities issu
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Neil McGill Gorsuch is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to succeed Antonin Scalia and took the oath of office on April 10, 2017.
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The American Medical Association, founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the United States.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is an American professional association of pediatricians, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. It maintains its Department of Federal Affairs office in Washington, D.C.
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Chelsea Elizabeth Manning is an American activist and whistleblower. She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly 750