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The Power Struggle Behind Trans Youth Health Care
In this episode of “The Opinions,” the New York Times Opinion columnists Lydia Polgreen and M. Gessen discuss the historic Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, its implications for gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee, and what it …
In this episode of “The Opinions,” the New York Times Opinion columnists Lydia Polgreen and M. Gessen discuss the historic Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, its implications for gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee, and what it could mean for how the federal government interprets “equal rights” moving forward.
The Power Struggle Behind Trans Youth Health Care
And why the debate over gender-affirming care has far-reaching implications.
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Lydia Polgreen: I’m Lydia Polgreen, an Opinion columnist for The New York Times.
Masha Gessen: And I’m Masha Gessen, also an Opinion columnist for The New York Times.
Polgreen: Trump and the G.O.P. will have a governing trifecta in the new year, and amid the many policies that I think will hurt many Americans is a shift in the way the government and the courts see equal rights, particularly those for some of the country’s smallest and most vulnerable minorities.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether or not Tennessee could ban gender affirming care for minors.
