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U.S. v. Skrmetti: a Turning Point in Trans Healthcare Legislation

Over the past several years there have been scores of laws and cases brought to courts around the United States regarding the rights of transgender youth; whether they can play sports with their peers, access certain kinds of healthcare, or even use the correct bathroom. Today, however, marks the first of these cases to reach the highest level of our legal system: the Supreme Court. U.S. v Skrmetti will allow Supreme Court Justices to decide whether gender-affirming care bans for minors are unconstitutional on the basis of sex discrimination.

The case comes in the wake of Tennesse's law Senate Bill 1 (SB1), which prohibits doctors from prescribing surgical and pharmaceutical care to transgender minors looking to transition. plaintiffs in the case argue that this law is based purely on sex discrimination, and raises questions about "not just the legitimacy of trans healthcare, but about, in some sense, the legitimacy of trans people as members of civic life and public life".

The outcome of this case could heavily influence the types of legislation brought to the courts in other states, as well as challenging the swaths of anti-trans bills already in effect or on the table across the country. It could provide a jumping off point for legal challenges against this transphobic wave in government, though the demographics of the Supreme Court make such a momentous outcome unlikely. It may also spurn a movement to try and further restrict healthcare for trans adults, no matter the decision reached by the Court.

Updates will be forthcoming as the hearing begins and continues throughout the day.

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Because I’ve seen genuinely nobody talking about it, I wanted to make a post about United States vs. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court case that just had oral arguments made today. This case was brought forth by the ACLU, and asks whether discrimination against trans people can violate the Constitution, in response to Tennessee’s law banning gender affirming care for trans youth.

This is the most important trans rights case probably fucking ever, and though nothing was decided today, it doesn’t look good y’all. For anyone. In short, the Court is probably going to uphold Tennessee's ban on care for minors, but might absolutely destroy rules about sex-based discrimination. Several of the Republican justices "suggested creating a carveout from the ordinary constitutional rule restricting sex-based discrimination of all kinds." Chief Justice Roberts offered up the idea of allowing the government sweeping authority to engage in medical discrimination, and of course, Justices Kavanaugh, Alito, Barrett, and Thomas all indicated being in favor of that. The implications go beyond just trans people, here.

And not only does it look like the Supreme Court will uphold Tennessee's law, but this decision could open doors for the government to prevent adults from seeking gender affirming care, likely leaving it a states' rights situation. For many of us (trans people), this will likely end up being a matter of life or death. Red states have been trying to institute bans like this for years now, and the decision that may very well come down from the Supreme Court about Skrmetti will only embolden these efforts.

Please don't ignore this post. Please reblog it, spread it around, because I've seen dick about it on this website all day. Engage in local and state governments, form community, don't stick your head in the sand. If you're cis, you should reblog this. Trans issues effect you too, and if caring about other human beings isn't a reason enough for you to give a damn, they will eventually become your issues.

Educate yourselves, know your rights, and know what's happening in your communities. There are good things out there too. The arguments made in front of the court today were historic on multiple fronts. Chase Strangio, the lawyer for the ACLU, became the first known/openly trans person to argue in front of the Supreme Court. That's one hell of a historic first. I know the impulse right now is to turn away from news and politics, because it all seems painful, but that is the last thing we should be doing. Please stay vigilant, and stay hopeful.

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I pick both

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I’d curse your detective powers but you wouldn’t have found me without my help

no im actually sherlock zipped in a teenage suit. im sorry I haven’t told you till now

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amanda smith and cortney taylor key photographed by michael jackson jr.

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Okay, here's my idea:

The British should put a time limit on the Monarchy.

Not like declaring a republic tomorrow, but deciding on a date in the future that ends the British Monarchy.

And there's a perfect date for it coming up!

October 14th, 2066.

A thousand years since the Battle of Hastings. A thousand years of this one specific bloodline ruling England.

Call time on the Monarchy after exactly one thousand years. Nice, and neat.

Even better: Charles isn't living 44 years. He'll be gone in about twenty. Now William? He's what, 40? Yeah, he can live another 44 years. His great grandmother was over a hundred, his granny was 96, William can make it to 84 barring accident or assassination.

So on October 14th 2066, William the Last steps down a thousand years after William the First won the crown.

Nice, neat, and fair. William gets the crown he's been waiting forty years for already, but ten-year-old George grows up without expectation of it.

Have a nice big abdication ceremony, even.

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Tehran, Iran - Early 1990s.

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I hate when cis people have good names, I wanna compliment them but they didn't come up with that so why should I 😤😤😤

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agree to pay your workers fairly and the strikes will end, it’s that easy you greedy shits!

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This really makes the Studios costing themselves even more money (and getting more unions involved) by prolonging the strike for the promise of free ai labor even more fucking funny. you dumb fucking bastards lol

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We're living in like 1950s levels of conservatism & moral panic etc etc and it feels like it's just me and like two other people who are seeing this shit. Genuinely insanity inducing