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3 weeks ago | 
aclu.org | W. Kamau Bell |Chase Strangio
Prisoners' Rights LGBTQ Rights WASHINGTON – A federal district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Trump Administration executive order prohibiting federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) officials from providing gender-affirming hormone therapy and accommodations to transgender people. The injunction does not require BOP to provide gender-affirming surgical care.
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1 month ago | 
mtholyoke.edu | Chase Strangio |Christian Feuerstein
Mount Holyoke College celebrated its ninth BOOM! (Building on our Momentum) Learning Symposium, an annual diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) learning conference that incorporates the voices and experiences of students, faculty, staff and alums. This year, more than 50 sessions, including in-person and recorded content, were available to the MHC community. The symposium was held as the Trump administration continued its agenda to eliminate DEI and accessibility initiatives in higher education.
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2 months ago | 
time.com | Chase Strangio
During oral arguments in the Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti last December, Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked then-Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar whether there has been a history of discrimination against transgender people. The answer seemed obvious. Anti-trans discrimination is well-documented.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Chase Strangio
Lawyer and transgender rights activist Chase Strangio (R) leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after arguing a transgender rights case before the high court on December 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in US v. Skrmetti, a case about Tennessee's law banning gender-affirming care for minors and if it violates the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee. Credit - Kevin Dietsch—Getty ImagesDuring oral arguments in the Supreme Court case United States v.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
slate.com | J. Bryan Lowder |Christina Cauterucci |Chase Strangio
Skip to the content Jurisprudence Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In the month and change since he was sworn in as president for the second time, Donald Trump has “flooded the zone” with a range of dramatic and unprecedented executive orders and policy changes.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
aclu.org | Chase Strangio |W. Kamau Bell
LGBTQ Rights BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Brendan Hurson can be found here.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky |Chase Strangio
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It is in the service of excellence that we expand the Supreme Court bar, and the people who are in court as litigators. For younger trans lawyers, I know how important it is to see versions of yourself reflected in different spaces. — Chase Strangio, co-director for transgender justice with the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, in comments given to the ABA Journal, concerning the addition of more transgender lawyers to the Supreme Court bar.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
uwire.com | Chase Strangio
On Jan. 25, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) hosted “ACLU & Storytelling: Driving Change in Uncertain Times” at the Sundance Film Festival. The panel focused on narrative intervention and how creative thinking can be a force for action. Rachel E. Cooke, vice president of impact at 1Community, Kim A. Snyder (“The Librarians”), Lin Que Ayoung (“RICKY”) and Chase Strangio, co-director of ACLU’s LGBT and HIV project, were the speakers for this event.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Chase Strangio
Chase Strangio in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Credit - Amir Hamja—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThere is a sense that President Donald Trump will face less resistance during his second term, that activists are tired, that the country is complacent. I cannot speak for others, but I can say for myself and those around me: we are bracing ourselves with eyes wide open, measured, strategic, and ready to fight. As a transgender person doing transgender advocacy work, I see no other way.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
bundle.app | Chase Strangio
Pete Hegseth is back on Capitol Hill as he seeks to reassure Republican senators of his ability to lead the defense department despite by steady trickle of troubling reports about his personal conduct. Over the weekend, the New Yorker reported that Hegseth, a former Fox News host, was known to drink excessively. It quoted a former staffer at a veterans non-profit that he led saying: “I’ve seen him drunk so many times. I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times.
