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The assistant attorney general for legislative affairs navigates the intersection of civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and public service.
The DOJ is looking to join a suit brought by Tennessee families.
The ban "is inimical to equality and equal dignity before the law," the American Bar Association's brief says.
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
The ACLU's Chase Strangio will be the first out transgender attorney to argue before the high court as he challenges Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
The prominent officials take a stand for traditional Republican values against the discriminatory law in a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief.
The Trump campaign has painted the vice president as an extremist on trans issues.
The case, U.S. v. Skrmetti, will have far-reaching implications for gender-affirming care and other issues of bodily autonomy.
The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.
“Access to lifesaving medical care makes all the difference in the world,” the dad of a transgender daughter told The Advocate.
It's a terrible ruling but could be worse. And it's not the end.
The film, Heightened Scrutiny, follows Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue in favor of gender-affirming care access for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti at the high court, and captures the quiet radicalism of showing up.
“Every day, I fight to prove that transness is something to be celebrated, not eradicated,” Chase Strangio tells The Advocate.
As Republicans vehemently attack reproductive and trans rights, the VP sees a linked battle for bodily autonomy.
Sen. Paul Rose is pushing legislation that would undermine local efforts to support equality.
The bill, which would require trans student athletes to compete under the gender they were assigned at birth, passed in the state's Senate and awaits a vote in the House.
Legislators have passed a bill and sent it to Gov. Bill Lee (pictured), and they're also moving toward restrictions on drag shows.
Just one day after voters rejected the conservative conspiracy theory about LGBTQ+ people, lawmakers in Tennessee doubled down with not one but two restrictive bills.
The move sparked backlash from fellow country stars Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris.
The legislation signed by GOP Gov. Bill Lee restricts drag performances and prohibits certain gender-affirming care.
The American Counseling Association will move its 2017 conference because of a new law letting therapists turn away LGBT clients and others based on religious objections.
