For Chase Strangio, the professional path that’s led to this moment – in which he’ll have 15 minutes to present an argument defending gender-affirming care for trans youth before the Supreme Court – cannot be unwoven from his life outside the courtroom.

It is not lost on me that I will be standing there at the lectern at the Supreme Court in part because I was able to have access to the medical care that is the very subject of the case that we’re litigating,

At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers, and other treatments for trans kids in the state.

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared skeptical Wednesday of a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender children . Chief Justice John Roberts suggested that the issues should be left to state legislatures rather than the courts.

The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has an opportunity to weigh in on the issue of transgender medical care. A majority of US Supreme Court justices appear reluctant to lift Tennessee's ban on hormone therapy and puberty blockers for children under 18.

Tennesseans are in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. today challenging the state's ban on transgender care for minors. Listen live here.

Justice Neil Gorsuch authored a 2020 ruling protecting transgender people, but he was notably silent during a Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.

The Supreme Court's conservatives said Wednesday they are inclined to uphold state laws in half the nation that prohibit the use of hormone treatments for transgender teens. Led by Chief Justice John G.