The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender Youth
October 13, 2022
It鈥檚 October, which means it鈥檚 LGBTQ History Month, a time to remember, look back and celebrate the history of LGBTQ activism and the resulting progress. It鈥檚 also a time to acknowledge the work still to be done and understand the roots of systemic discrimination and inequality.
To that end, our fight continues. On October 17th, the 桃子视频is headed to District court in Arkansas to argue the case of Brandt v. Rutledge, where we are challenging Arkansas鈥檚 law banning health care for transgender adolescents.
Today, we have a special conversation for you. We鈥檙e hearing from Gillian Branstetter, communications strategist for the ACLU鈥檚 gender justice work in conversation with Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice at the ACLU鈥檚 LGBT & HIV Project and Jules Gill-Peterson, an Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of The Histories of the Transgender Child. Together, they鈥檒l break down the case ahead of us and the history that brought us here.