You're going to be. Hi everybody and welcome to Outward Slates Podcast for all things queer and the

identity sense of course but also this time of year in that 19th century

Scooke little girl who lingers silently at the bottom of the garden in the evening mist

sense like how queer she is I I'm Brian Lauder an editor at Slate. Wow, I'm Jules Gil Peterson that I am that girl or I was. I definitely know of that which you speak.

I'm Christina Kottaroucci a senior writer at Slate and I feel like I identify more

as like the disembodied voice in your wall.

Oh, I love that because you know that's great.

Thank you.

That's queer too.

Thanks. Yeah, I'd rather just not have a body at this point, I think.

Not having a body yet also informative and kind of all knowing.

Love that omniscience for you.

All right, well, we have a really important show for you all today. We're going to be talking about a major

case that's before the Supreme Court this fall, United States versus Scrimetti,

in which three families and a doctor from Tennessee are challenging that state's ban on gender-affirming

care for minors, and by extension the government's ability to limit such care for trans people

across the board.

Currently the United States is on the side of the plaintiffs

though that could change depending on the election. The challenge is being made

under the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause and the decision is arguably

the most consequential before the court this term and without question an existential one for trans people in this country.

Arguments will likely take place in December but currently the court is receiving Amakee or friend of the court briefs from both sides and

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