Supreme Court sets Transgender Rights Case for December

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (10-22-24) — The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled December 4 to hear the Transgender Rights case of  U.S. v. Skrmetti, the challenge to Tennessee’s discriminatory ban on health care for transgender Tennessee youth.

The draconian Tennessee ban on Transgender puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors.

According to Lambda Legal, yesterday’s ruling allows Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, to present arguments on behalf of their clients in the companion case, L.W. v. Skrmetti – three families with transgender children and a Memphis-based doctor – to be part of the record the Court will hear and consider in its ruling. Chase Strangio, Co-Director for Transgender Justice with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, will be arguing on behalf of the clients, becoming one of the first transgender attorneys to argue before the Court.

“The stakes could not be higher for our communities as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral argument in U.S. v. Skrmetti and L.W. v. Skrmetti,” said Lambda Legal Chief Legal Officer Jennifer C. Pizer. “As hostile state leaders prepare to double-down on their cruel, unprecedented and discriminatory attacks on transgender youth, the Court has the opportunity and duty to apply the law fairly, which means returning medical decisions to where they rightfully belong, to parents, their children, and their doctors.

“In the weeks ahead, we will work hand-in-glove with our co-counsel and with Chase to prepare for his historic appearance before the Court. And we look forward to representing L.W., her parents, our two pseudonymous families, and Dr. Susan Lacy in their challenge to Tennessee, and, by extension, to the many other states which have decided to target this especially vulnerable group of young people and to interfere in intensely personal family medical decisions.”

The Court Friday scheduled oral argument in the case for December 4.

Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer

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