The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide About Trans Kids’ Bodies

This fall, it’ll hear arguments over the Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

Tucker Lieberman

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kid in a Superman shirt sits on a windowsill, balancing self by stretching out hands to touch the sides of the window frame
Superkid by hartono subagio from Pixabay

In just three years, half of U.S. states have passed laws restricting, criminalizing, or otherwise taking away gender-affirming healthcare from people under 18.

The states that have done this have Republican-controlled legislatures. A the same time, over a dozen states with Democratic-controlled legislatures have made efforts to protect minors’ access to gender-affirming healthcare.

See what I mean:

Here’s a map of the state legislatures, color-coded by which party controls them.

27 Republican-controlled states and 21 Democratic-controlled states
Source: 270 to Win

And here’s a map of the bans on gender-affirming care for minors.

It’s pretty much the same map. The states that ban gender-affirming care for minors are all Republican-controlled.
Erin in the Morning, June 4, 2024

Yes, it’s the same map.

This Is About Our Bodies

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Tucker Lieberman

Cult classic. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." Editor for Prism & Pen and Identity Current. tuckerlieberman.com