First Openly Transgender Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court (1)

The ACLU’s Chase Strangio will become the first openly transgender lawyer to argue at the US Supreme Court, making his high court debut on Dec. 4.

Strangio will argue on behalf of three Tennessee minors, their parents, and a doctor who challenge the state’s ban on gender affirming care for minors. He’ll share time with the Biden administration, which says the law violates equal protection.

Tennessee is one of 22 states that have passed similar bans in recent years, the Biden administration told the justices in its brief.

Strangio is the co-director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBTQ & ...