The front line of the new gender wars | Curio

The front line of the new gender wars

18 mins | Jul 4, 2020

How the struggle of transgender people to gain rights has set off an explosive global debate. "Written by Neil Gorsuch, a conservative appointee of Donald Trump, the judgment is a shot across the bow of the president's administration, which aggressively opposed Stephens's suit. Just three days before the judgment, the US government published regulations cancelling protection against healthcare discrimination for trans people: courts will have to decide on whether the Gorsuch decision nullifies this." Mark Gevisser analyses for the Financial Times.

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