The year was 2005, and at that time, the idea of a trans surgery being covered by health insurers was outlandish. So, I saved up money starting at age 18, and visited psychologists at the free gender clinic in the San Francisco Bay Area where I lived.

The conservative majority spent much of the oral arguments for US v. Skrmetti trying to erase the trans community.

The 16-year-old is among the plaintiffs in a highly anticipated case argued Wednesday. At issue is their state’s ban on gender transition care for minors.

Justice Samuel Alito grilled ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first-ever openly trans attorney to present at the high court, to repeatedly cast doubt on whether being transgender is “immutable” and thus protected by anti-discrimination laws.

Chase Strangio, the first openly transgender person to argue in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, accompanied by the legal team, is embraced by MC Peppermint outside the court following arguments over an appeal by U.

The Supreme Court appeared split along ideological lines as it debated whether bans on puberty blockers for transgender minors are discriminatory.