Please join us for Transpositive PDX on Tuesday, March 4th on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Jasmine Wright. She is a lawyer and advocate for transgender rights. We will be talking this week about the Skrmetti case and it's larger implications for the transgender community. Jasmine is an advocate of transgender people establishing a legal change of gender through a court order as one of the strongest protections in these shifting tides of identity documentation.
In December the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of United States v. Skrmetti, a pivotal case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's Senate Bill 1 (SB1), which prohibits gender-affirming medical treatments for minors.
Enacted in 2023, SB1 bans medical practitioners from providing treatments such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies, or surgeries intended to assist minors in identifying with a gender different from their sex assigned at birth. Notably, these same treatments remain permissible for minors whose gender identity aligns with their sex assigned at birth.
The plaintiffs, including families of transgender adolescents and medical professionals, argue that SB1 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by discriminating based on sex and transgender status. The case has garnered national attention due to its potential implications for transgender rights and healthcare access across the United States.
At a time when our world is on fire there are many topics we can and should be covering. We will get to as much as we can with our limited resources as a community-produced radio show. We would encourage you to read Erin In the Morning hosted by transgender journalist Erin Reed for the most up-to-date information on what is happening in this ever-changing landscape of transgender news and if you are looking for resources for support we would encourage you to start with the Transgender Legal survival guide which can be found in the show notes.
Transpositive is a biweekly program in Portland exploring themes important to those who identify as Transgender, Gender Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming. Transpositive tries to connect listeners with the ongoing activist, arts, culture, and dialogue happening in Portland and beyond. Make your voice heard! Transpositive PDX is open to new and experienced programmers, guests, and events you want our community to know about. We are an open collective. Anyone identify as trans, gender non-binary, gender fluid is welcome to be part of our collective after completing some basic free radio training. For more information contact Emma at [email protected]
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Transgender Legal Survival Guide: https://transequality.org/.../introducing-trans-survival...
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