Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday of arguments that they should intervene in Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
The court heard arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti that the state’s ban discriminated against transgender minors and denied them constitutionally equal protections. Outside the courthouse, in a sonic representation of the cultural divisiveness around the issue, advocates for gender-affirming care access blasted Bad Bunny and Rihanna, while their opponents waited out the arguments to the tune of Toby Keith and Zac Brown Band.
How the court rules on the case could have major implications for trans people of all ages, as well as for how much freedom states have to regulate health care more broadly in areas like reproductive health.
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