Transgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
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The Supreme Court will dive headfirst into the politically fraught issue of transgender rights on Wednesday when it hears a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the highest-profile case of the fall.
The Supreme Court will dive headfirst into the politically fraught issue of transgender rights on Wednesday when it hears a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the highest-profile case of the fall. Attorneys for the Biden administration and transgender youth in Tennessee will press the justices to declare the 2023 law an unconstitutional form of sex discrimination, while the state’s lawyer plans to argue that lawmakers were justified in restricting medical care for residents under the age of 18. “I hope that we win this case. And I hope that that means they can get access to the care they need,” L. Williams, one of the minors challenging the law, told CNN, referring to other trans kids facing health care bans like Tennessee’s. The conservative-majority court will examine the law at a critical time for transgender Americans. Since 2020, Republican-led states around the country have passed a wave of laws regulating the lives of trans Americans, with a particular focus on minors. And though the community makes up a small fraction of the American public, it featured prominently during the 2024 election and its aftermath, with President-elect Donald Trump amplifying his pledge to further curtail civil rights for trans people during the closing days of the campaign. Depending on how the court rules, similar prohibitions on gender-affirming care – and, potentially, other laws targeting transgender people – would be at risk of falling altogether or receiving a powerful endorsement from the high court. Here’s what to know about the case:
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