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Sonia Sotomayor: LGBTQ+ book opt outs 'threaten the very essence of public education'

"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, the majority says, is enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny," Sotomayor wrote.

5 takeaways from the Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care

It's a terrible ruling but could be worse. And it's not the end.

Supreme Court will decide cases on LGBTQ+ book censorship and reproductive health care access soon

Rulings will come any day in Mahmoud v. Taylor and Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

What is U.S. v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court case that could change gender-affirming care forever?

Here's what is at stake in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case about health care for transgender youth.

Justice Sotomayor: Supreme Court ruling in immigration case threatens marriage equality

In holding that citizens don't have a fundamental interest in bringing noncitizen spouses to the U.S., the court is on the path to undermining marriage rights in general, the justice said in an impassioned dissent.

The Supreme Court Justices' Secret Deal on LGBTQ+ Rights and Its Impact Today

A secret deal between Justices John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy still has implications today.

SCOTUS trans care ruling opens harmful loophole to take access from all trans people, says Leah Litman

Former Supreme Court clerk and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Leah Litman, told The Advocate that bans on trans youth’s medical care are only the beginning after the Skrmetti ruling.

Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for trans kids sparks nationwide outrage

The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.

Supreme Court restores voting privileges of censured anti-trans Maine Republican lawmaker

Rep. Laurel Libby can speak and vote in the Maine House while her lawsuit proceeds.

Humble ‘first millennial’ Jimmy Carter honored with glorious, funny state funeral

The Advocate reports from inside Washington National Cathedral for the 39th president’s state funeral.

After the Supreme Court's 303 Creative Ruling, What Happens to LGBTQ+ Rights?

The conservative-majority court announced the decision on the last day of its session before justices jetted off on their summer vacation.

JD Vance becomes the most blocked account on Bluesky after anti-trans post

JD Vance has been blocked by 11 times more Bluesky accounts than those that follow him.

9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling

Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams gender-affirming care ruling as 'state-sanctioned discrimination'

Sotomayor said the ruling will invite "untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them."

Supreme Court conservatives sympathize with parents objecting to LGBTQ-inclusive books

In hearing the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, conservatives leaned toward siding with these parents, while liberals wondered what other content parents could opt their kids out of.

LGBTQ+ groups cautiously optimistic that Supreme Court will rule for trans youth care

Even though conservative justices expressing skepticism about such care, supporters of trans rights say there may be a favorable ruling.

Supreme Court ruling on Title IX raises questions about LGBTQ+ rights

The court refused to let the Biden administration enforce the rule, which includes protections for transgender students, in 10 states that have sued over it.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts Clarence Thomas in Affirmative Action Dissent

Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."