What the Supreme Court Decision on U.S. v. Skrmetti Really Means with Chase Strangio

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This week on The Monday Edit: JVN sat down with Chase Strangio from the ACLU to debrief on last week’s 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court on U.S. v Skrmetti - ruling in favor of continuing Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care. Chase made history in December 2024 as the first openly Trans lawyer to argue in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. All that, plus! JVN and Chris break down the Karen Read verdict. Chase Strangio is Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project as well as a nationally recognized expert on transgender rights. Chase’s work includes impact litigation, as well as legislative and administrative advocacy, on behalf of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV across the United States. Prior to joining the ACLU, Chase was an Equal Justice Works fellow and the Director of Prisoner Justice Initiatives at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, where he represented transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in confinement settings. In 2012, Chase co-founded the Lorena Borjas Community Fund, an organization that provides direct bail/bond assistance to LGBTQ immigrants in criminal and immigration cases. Chase is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Grinnell College. Not A Phase. Trans Lifeline Follow Chase Strangio on Instagram @chasestrangio Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn and senior producer Chris @amomentlikechris New video episodes Getting Better on YouTube every Wednesday. Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey better babes. It's Jonathan Van Ness. And welcome to the Monday Edit. This week, like every week, I'm joined by our senior producer, Chris. Say hi, Chris.
0:08.9	Hello, hello. Wait, I hated that. Can I do that again?
0:12.7	Yes. Yes. Because I always want to do that, hi, hello, from never being kissed, the Spanish teacher.
0:19.8	This is a little bit like every time I want to go, hi, hello from never been kissed. The Spanish teacher who says, I went to see if I like said, every time I want to go,
0:23.8	hi, hello. So what is it trying to come out?
0:29.2	I know. We'll keep it. Anyway, yeah, we'll leave this whole minute. It's
0:33.1	fine. Well, you guys, we did get news on the Scrametti decision.
0:37.8	We've been covering that on the podcast with Chase Strangio, who is the first out-trans lawyer to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court.
0:46.0	We got to have him on the podcast last year.
0:48.9	I think it was actually like the day before he argued this case.
0:52.8	So the ruling just came out in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court
0:57.0	ruled on that case where the ACLU challenged Tennessee's ban on best practice medical care
1:03.4	for transgender youth who suffer from gender dysphoria. The court ruled 6-3 in favor of banning
1:08.7	gender-affirming care. So basically, we want to have Chase on today.
1:12.4	We're going to learn about what this really means for trans people in United States,
1:15.9	what this means for kind of the state of health of trans people in the United States,
1:18.8	and what the impact of this ruling is.
1:20.9	So we're going to talk to him.
1:22.3	But first, let's get into last week.
1:25.5	Last week, we had Katie Gaddy Tossin on saving money and just being prepared for this economy.
1:32.1	Ladies, and ladies and days, if you have not listened to this yet, get in there.
1:38.1	It is giving me Tori Dunlap quality.
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