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Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth during oral arguments on Wednesday, in what experts say is the most important transgender rights case the court has ever heard. The law is meant to encourage minors to “appreciate their sex” and prohibits doctors from prescribing …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Justice Alito spars over trans rights with first openly trans attorney at the Supreme Court

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Justice Samuel Alito grilled ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first-ever openly trans attorney to …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Associated Press

Follow live updates and analysis on the Supreme Court’s hearing on a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Takeaways from the historic transgender care arguments at the Supreme Court

CNN

CNN — The Supreme Court appeared likely to back a divisive Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral arguments on Wednesday in which the court delved into a culture war battle that has become even more politically fraught since the election. The transgender care case is the most significant matter to come …

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3 weeks ago

In Supreme Court battle over transgender rights, conservatives look to an unlikely ally: Europe

Politico

In the court’s seismic 2022 ruling overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion, the conservative majority tiptoed around the foreign law issue. “Most Western European countries impose restrictions on abortion after 12 to 14 weeks, but they often have liberal exceptions to those time limits, including to prevent harm to a woman’s physical or mental health.” Some European countries rethink …

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3 weeks ago

Transgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know

CNN

Washington CNN — The Supreme Court will dive headfirst into the politically fraught issue of transgender rights on Wednesday when it hears a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the highest-profile case of the fall. “This is going to be their first opportunity to address the rights of the transgender community under the equal protection clause, …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Chase Strangio: For the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court, the mission ‘is not lost on me’

CNN

CNN — A single 15-minute argument in the middle of this week could change Chase Strangio’s life – and the lives of so many people like him in the United States. “Every aspect of gender-affirming care that has transformed my life,” he said, “I’m keenly aware that I want to preserve the ability for other people to access that care.” …

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2 months ago

Chase Strangio: ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court

CNN

Washington CNN — An attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union is set to be the first openly transgender person to argue before the Supreme Court this December when the justices hear a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. “Chase Strangio is our nation’s leading legal expert on the rights of transgender people, bar none,” said Cecillia …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamala Harris 2024 campaign: The vice president is a progressive on transgender rights.

Slate

As Kamala Harris rose to national prominence over the years, lawyer and lifelong LGBT advocate Shannon Minter felt a growing sense of alarm. “Harris’s work has contributed to some of the most violent conditions faced by trans people,” wrote ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio in 2019, during Harris’ presidential primary run. But she already had a record of looking out for …

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8 months ago

How A Trump Presidency Would Hurt Transgender People

Huff Post

Jules was driving to their friend’s house in St. Petersburg, Florida, last year when a police officer pulled them over for a busted taillight. On the very first page of the manifesto, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts laments the “corruption” of the country “under the ruling and cultural elite” whose children “suffer the toxic normalization of transgenderism with drag queens …

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1 year ago

League of Geeks games studio lays off half its workforce, 'indefinitely pauses' production on Jumplight Odyssey

ABC

One of Australia's largest independent video game developers, League of Geeks, has made half its studio redundant and "indefinitely paused" production on spaceship adventure simulation Jumplight Odyssey. Key points: Melbourne's League of Geeks has laid off 31 staff, about half of its workforce It's one of the largest layoffs to hit the Australian gaming industry in 2023 Jumplight Odyssey's development …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Hun Sen, the Cambodian strongman with a grip on power, is handing over to his son

ABC

Hun Manet was elected to the Cambodian parliament just days ago, and yet within a few weeks, he'll be the country's prime minister. Sebastian Strangio, author of Hun Sen's Cambodia and South-East Asia editor at The Diplomat, said little else was known about Hun Manet. "One thing that we can say for certain is that his background is very different …

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1 year, 7 months ago

'Trans Youth Prom' Fosters Space For Transgender Joy And Community

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A large crowd of transgender youth and adults gathered around Union Square in Washington, D.C., on Monday for the Trans Youth Prom, a celebratory youth-led event created to hold space for transgender joy, liberation and existence. “Trans prom is about the fact that we are here and we will always be here regardless of laws.” Simon Garbett, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

In Thailand’s north, opposition vies for votes in skewed system

Al Jazeera

Pheu Thai and MFP should be natural allies but an electoral system that gives the military outsized influence forces them into a ferocious fight for seats. Sebastian Strangio, author of In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century, said MFP and Pheu Thai “will certainly cannibalise each other’s votes to some extent” but should also be “natural partners”. …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Misreading the room: Why Hun Sen is failing on Myanmar

Al Jazeera

Cambodia’s strongman thought he would have a connection with Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing. Unlike Hun Sen, Myanmar’s generals do have “deeply-held beliefs” and principles, according to academic Andrew Selth, an adjunct professor at Griffith Asia Institute in Australia. Misreading the situation Strangio says despite Hun Sen’s political acumen, he “clearly misread the situation in Myanmar”. “The 2022 ASEAN …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

NPR

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle Enlarge this image toggle caption Alliance Defending Freedom; Joshua Roper/American Civil Liberties Union Alliance Defending Freedom; Joshua Roper/American Civil Liberties Union Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? toggle caption Joshua Roper/American Civil Liberties Union "Think about us as real people" The Idaho …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Transgender Children Across The U.S. Are Fighting For Their Lives (Again)

Huff Post

Asher McKinney-Ring stepped up to the podium on the floor of the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday and took a deep breath. McKinney-Ring is only 15 years old, but the transgender high schooler appeared calm as he argued against North Carolina’s HB358, a bill that would restrict trans kids like him from participating in school sports. If that weren’t …

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4 years, 3 months ago

China is 'unimpeded' in South-East Asia. Here's how its influence may shape the region

ABC

The Philippines this week declared it was "not a vassal state of any foreign power", refusing to halt Chinese infrastructure projects at the behest of the US. "Antipathy towards China almost always has a negative impact on ethnic Chinese communities," Charlotte Setijadi, a specialist on Chinese diaspora in South-East Asia at Singapore Management University, told the ABC. "China still thinks …

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Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Justice Alito spars over trans rights with first openly trans attorney at the Supreme Court

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Takeaways from the historic transgender care arguments at the Supreme Court

In Supreme Court battle over transgender rights, conservatives look to an unlikely ally: Europe

Transgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know

Chase Strangio: For the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court, the mission ‘is not lost on me’

Chase Strangio: ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court

Kamala Harris 2024 campaign: The vice president is a progressive on transgender rights.

How A Trump Presidency Would Hurt Transgender People

League of Geeks games studio lays off half its workforce, 'indefinitely pauses' production on Jumplight Odyssey

Hun Sen, the Cambodian strongman with a grip on power, is handing over to his son

'Trans Youth Prom' Fosters Space For Transgender Joy And Community

In Thailand’s north, opposition vies for votes in skewed system

Misreading the room: Why Hun Sen is failing on Myanmar

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

Transgender Children Across The U.S. Are Fighting For Their Lives (Again)

China is 'unimpeded' in South-East Asia. Here's how its influence may shape the region