Rights activists speak out after US Supreme Court allows transgender youth care ban to stand
Transgender rights activists rally in Washington, D.C., after the US Supreme Court backs a Republican-supported ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors on June 18, 2025 in a setback for transgender rights that could bolster efforts by states to defend other measures targeting transgender people. The justices ruled that the ban did not violate the US Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection. They upheld a lower court's decision upholding Tennessee's law barring medical treatments such as puberty blockers and hormones for people under age 18 experiencing gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is the clinical diagnosis for significant distress that can result from an incongruence between a person's gender identity and the sex assigned at birth.
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