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I'm Imani Gandhi.

And I'm Jess Piclo.

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On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling for transgender rights.

The decision came in the case of Karnaski v. Trump, one of four legal challenges to the Trump

administration's ban on transgender people enlisting or serving in the military.

In Karnaski, the Ninth Circuit ruled that policies that target transgender people are sex-based

discrimination that must meet heightened scrutiny in order to be constitutional.

Friday's decision is an important win for transgender rights, but it's a qualified win.

Nevertheless, it is still important. And in this episode,

we're going to talk about the Kornoski case and Friday's ruling. We'll talk about heightened scrutiny

and we'll explain what it all means for trans rights moving forward.

Hey, Jess. Hey, Amani. I got to say, it's a little bit weird having good news to share with our listeners for once. But Friday's decision is actually good news, isn't it? It is good news, and I agree. It's totally a little bizarre, not going to lie. But especially because we're talking about trans rights

and the Trump administration. Now, the Karnowski case is kind of complicated and it has been

a while since we covered the Trump administration's transgender military service ban.

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