@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 5 days agoSupreme Court agrees to hear challenge to state laws that ban gender-affirming care for trans youthwww.salon.commessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
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minus-squarePistcowcakelinkfedilink18•5 days agoBest case, “states rights, up to each state.” Worst case, “this isn’t explicitly in the Magna Carta, so no rights for trans folk.” Either way, we’re fucked again.
minus-squarerand_alpha19linkfedilink10•5 days ago“Traditionally, trans people have had no explicit rights based on their trans status, and we have to respect the sanctity of that clearly deliberate omission.”
minus-square@GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•5 days agoOnly way to have rights guaranteed for the LGBT communityvis to have more left-leaning justices than right-leaning ones at all times.
Best case, “states rights, up to each state.”
Worst case, “this isn’t explicitly in the Magna Carta, so no rights for trans folk.”
Either way, we’re fucked again.
“Traditionally, trans people have had no explicit rights based on their trans status, and we have to respect the sanctity of that clearly deliberate omission.”
Only way to have rights guaranteed for the LGBT communityvis to have more left-leaning justices than right-leaning ones at all times.
That’s what the second amendment is for!