From the ECLU, this is at Liberty.

I'm Molly Kaplan, your host.

September is in full swing, and millions of students across the U.S. are returning to school,

though for many, this year looks like none other. As school districts across the U.S. are returning to school, though for many, this year looks like none

other. As school districts across the country grapple with how to resume classes during a pandemic,

many districts and their trans students are facing additional hurdles. The Department of Education

is now threatening to withhold funding from Connecticut schools that allow trans girls to compete

on girls' sports teams. Elsewhere, in spite of recent high-profile victories affirming trans

students' right to use bathrooms that match their gender, attacks on this right continue. And in state

legislatures across the U.S., we've seen an alarming spate of bills attacking the rights of trans youth.

Chase Strangio, deputy director for trans justice for the ACLU's LGBT project, last joined us on At Liberty back in June,

after a historic Supreme Court victory affirmed that employers cannot fire or discriminate against someone simply because they're LGBTQ.

A few months later, that victory and his amazing career fighting for trans rights

have landed him on Thai magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2020.

Now with students heading back to school, whatever that looks like, Chase joins us to talk

about the battle for trans rights in and out of schools.

Welcome back to the podcast, Chase, and congratulations.

Thank you, Molly.

It's great to be here.

It's great to be chatting with you.

I want to start with a little bit of the context of what we're

looking at in this 2020 legislative season, what this legislation looks like, where is it,

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