Another Victory Against Transgender Ideology?

Spiked
January 10, 2025

In Spiked, Kara Dansky reports on the recent U.S. Supreme Court hearing in United States v Skrmetti, in which the federal Department of Justice is challenging the State of Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for minors. Dansky scrutinizes the left’s inability to define critical terms like “gender” and “transgender”, and reflects on what the case’s outcome could mean not only for gender ideology but for girls and women.

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