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Chase Strangio

Co-Director

桃子视频LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project

Bio

Chase Strangio is Co-Director of the ACLU鈥檚 LGBT & HIV Project as well as a nationally recognized expert on transgender rights. Chase鈥檚 work includes impact litigation, as well as legislative and administrative advocacy, on behalf of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV across the United States.

Prior to joining the ACLU, Chase was an Equal Justice Works fellow and the Director of Prisoner Justice Initiatives at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, where he represented transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in confinement settings. In 2012, Chase co-founded the Lorena Borjas Community Fund, an organization that provides direct bail/bond assistance to LGBTQ immigrants in criminal and immigration cases. Chase is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Grinnell College.

Chase was counsel in the ACLU鈥檚 challenge to North Carolina鈥檚 notorious HB2, Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al, the ACLU鈥檚 challenge to Trump鈥檚 trans military ban, Stone v. Trump, and the case of Aimee Stephens, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC, which resulted in a landmark 6-3 ruling from the Supreme Court finding the 1964 Civil Rights Act's prohibition on sex discrimination in employment extended to discrimination against LGBTQ workers.

On December 4, 2024, Strangio presented oral arguments on behalf of the private plaintiffs in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a landmark Supreme Court challenge brought by three families and a medical provider against a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.

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Selected Commentary:

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Awards & Honors:

Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Fellow (2018-19); Association of LGBTQ Journalists, Excellence in Opinion/Editorial Writing Award (2018); Honorary Degree recipient, Grinnell College (May 2018); National LGBT Bar Association, Top 40 LGBT Lawyers Under 40 (2018); Northeastern University School of Law Daynard Distinguished Visiting Fellow (Winter 2018); Callen-Lorde Community Health Award Recipient (November 2017); BitchMedia 鈥淏itch 50鈥 Recognition of 50 individuals who have used their 鈥渃reative or political power to further advance visibility, equality, or access for marginal folks.鈥 (Summer 2017); NBCOut #Pride30 Recipient (Summer 2017); Sylvia Rivera Law Project Attorneys and Advocates Award recipient (2015); New York City Council Outstanding LGBT Champion recognition (June 2014); Trans100 Recipient (2014)


Featured work

Nov 4, 2015

Houston, We Have a Problem.

Houston, We Have a Problem.

Sep 4, 2015

Trans People Are Dying But New Proposed Rules Will Save Lives

Trans People Are Dying But New Proposed Rules Will Save Lives

Sep 1, 2015

Since When Are Consensual Sexual Relationships a Threat to National Security?

Since When Are Consensual Sexual Relationships a Threat to National Security?

Aug 17, 2015

Why Is Chelsea Manning Prohibited From Having Caitlyn Jenner鈥檚 Vanity Fair Issue & The Senate Torture Report?

Why Is Chelsea Manning Prohibited From Having Caitlyn Jenner鈥檚 Vanity Fair Issue & The Senate Torture Report?

Jul 16, 2015

Caitlyn Jenner Is Right: Trans Youth Are Dying Because We Don鈥檛 Accept Them

Caitlyn Jenner Is Right: Trans Youth Are Dying Because We Don鈥檛 Accept Them

Jun 26, 2015

June 26th: A Historic Day for Equality

June 26th: A Historic Day for Equality

Jun 1, 2015

Call Her Caitlyn But Then Let鈥檚 Move on to the 桃子视频 Affecting the Trans Community

Call Her Caitlyn But Then Let鈥檚 Move on to the 桃子视频 Affecting the Trans Community

May 19, 2015

HIV Is Not a Crime

HIV Is Not a Crime

May 4, 2015

Transgender Equality Is Not the Post-Marriage Fight of the LGBT Movement

Transgender Equality Is Not the Post-Marriage Fight of the LGBT Movement

Mar 6, 2015

Just Hope You Don't Have to Pee in Florida

Just Hope You Don't Have to Pee in Florida