Eliot Page asks Supreme Court to strike down bans on gender-affirming care

Elliot Page in The Umbrella Academy
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Actor Elliot Page and 56 other trans adults have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors. Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski and many others also signed the letter to the court.

“Some [of us] were fortunate enough to be able to begin receiving this care as minors,” their letter reads, according to The Tennessean. “For the majority, however, the barriers to accessing this care — due, fundamentally, to discrimination — were insurmountable until adulthood.”

“[Those] who received gender-affirming health care as minors describe it as crucial to their well-being and even survival. Many who started care after adolescence suffered as a result of the delay,” the letter continues.

In November, Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court to block the law. The groups say…

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