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Transgender
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Legal Scholar Amicus Brief Argues to Sustain or Increase Scrutiny Level for Transgender Inmate
By Tracy Thomas
Kyle Velte, Ezra Young, Jeremiah Ho, M. Dru Levasseur, Nancy Marcus, Dara Purvis, Eliot Traez, Ann Tweedy, Brief Amici Curiae Legal Scholars of Sex and Gender In Support of Plaintiff-AppellantThis…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Trans Sex Equality Rights After Dobbs
By Tracy Thomas
Marc Spindelman, Trans Sex Equality Rights After Dobbs, 172 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 1 (2023).In L.W. v. Skrmetti, a divided Sixth Circuit panel gave Tennessee the green light to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Trans Animus Under an Equal Protection Analysis
By Tracy Thomas
Scott Skinner-Thompson, Trans Animus, Boston College L.Rev. (forthcoming) Anti-transgender legislation is sweeping the nation with devastating consequences for trans lives. Each piece of legislation is generally challenged in isolation and conceptualized…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Defining “Woman”
By Tracy Thomas
Camille Hebert, Defining Women, J. Gender, Race & Justice (forthcoming) The current debate about the meaning of the term “woman” has become a proxy for the culture wars over the rights…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Says Law Banning Transgender Students is Likely Unconstitutional
By Tracy Thomas
ABA J, Law Banning Transgender Students from Female Sports Likely Unconstitutional, Ninth Circuit SaysA federal appeals court on Thursday ruled for a transgender college student who challenged an Idaho law…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
What’s Wrong with the NCAA’s Transgender Policy
By Tracy Thomas
Erin Buzuvis, What's Wrong with the NCAA's Transgender Policy?
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Catharine MacKinnon on Exploring Transgender Law, Politics, and the Meaning of Feminism
By Tracy Thomas
Catharine MacKinnon, Exploring Transgender Law & Politics, Signs (2023).For the first time in over thirty years, it makes sense to me to reconsider what feminism means. Trans people have been…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Legal Challenge to Oklahoma’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
By Jamie Abrams
Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and Jenner & Block have filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma's new law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. Excerpts of the Complaint…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Trans Threat Narrative in Title IX
By Tracy Thomas
Deborah L. Brake, Title IX's Trans Panic, 29 William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 41 (2023)Sport is an agent of social change, but that change does…
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CFP for “Queer Failures and Possibilities: Trans Movements in Contemporary South Asia” (Madison South Asia Conference)
We are excited to invite proposals for papers and artistic presentations for a day-long symposium on “Queer Failures and Possibilities: Trans Movements in Contemporary South Asia,” for the 51st Annual…