Meet The First-Ever Openly Transgender Lawyer To Argue Before SCOTUS

Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment.

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Chase Strangio (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.

Anyone who has worked with Chase knows the intelligence, compassion, and courage he brings to every fight for the rights and well-being of his plaintiffs.

— James Esseks, the co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, in comments given concerning Chase Strangio, co-director for transgender justice with the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, who will soon become the first openly transgender lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court. On December 4, he will share time with the Biden administration, arguing that Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care for minors violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Strangio, a Northeastern Law graduate, has been with the ACLU since 2013.


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