US supreme court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care

The Guardian ^ | 06/18/2025 | Carter Sherman

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A Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stand, the US supreme court has ruled, a devastating loss for trans rights supporters in a case that could set a precedent for dozens of other lawsuits involving the rights of transgender children.

The case, United States v Skrmetti, was filed last year by three families of trans children and a provider of gender-affirming care. In oral arguments, the plaintiffs – as well as the US government, then helmed by Joe Biden – argued that Tennessee’s law constituted sex-based discrimination and thus violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Under Tennessee’s law, someone assigned female at birth could not be prescribed testosterone, but someone assigned male at birth could receive those drugs.

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Win!

[FlipWilson]

I can’t figure Barret.

She basically wanted this ruling to go further and say trans was not a protected class.

[Kharis13]

Did the court even consider the harm this will cause to the mentally ill moms of these kids?

[Republican Wildcat]

“gender affirming” - telling a boy he’s a girl and a girl she’s a boy is hardly “affirming” of their gender - quite the opposite. And certainly doing irreversible mutilations of their bodies doesn’t accomplish that either.