At least 26 states have adopted laws restricting or banning such care for minors, and most of those states face lawsuits.

Chase Strangio, a transgender attorney with the ACLU, will make history by arguing before the US Supreme Court in United States v Skrmetti, challenging Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

For Chase Strangio, the professional path that’s led to this moment – in which he’ll have 15 minutes to present an argument defending gender-affirming care for trans youth before the Supreme Court – cannot be unwoven from his life outside the courtroom.