First openly transgender lawyer to argue at SCOTUS

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Chase Strangio and guest at the Time 100 Gala, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio will make history tomorrow as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Tennessee's Republican-backed law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

Strangio, 41, who joined the ACLU in 2013, is the co-director of its LGBTQ & HIV Project, helping the organization oppose state laws targeting transgender people, including 12 legal challenges against the laws like the one at issue before the Supreme Court. Strangio has also represented people in high-profile cases including transgender student Gavin Grimm, who fought a Virginia school board to use the bathroom corresponding with his gender identity, and Chelsea Manning, a transgender former U.S. soldier who served time in prison for leaking classified documents. Read more.

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