Jurisprudence
The justice’s rhetoric is dehumanizing and unscientific.
July 07, 20263:35 PM
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As Pride Month celebrations drew to a close on the last day of June, the Supreme Court delivered another blow to the LGBTQ+ movement. Earlier in its term, the court had backed anti-gay conversion therapy, undermined protections for transgender children in schools, and sided with the Trump administration’s refusal to let trans people use the appropriate gender markers on passports. In its most recent decision, the court denied a trial that would show whether transgender girls had an advantage over cisgender girls in sports.
