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Transgender Rights
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CommentaryVol. 103 · Iss. 2
Whose Children?
Recent debates surrounding transgender children and the rights of their parents reveal a troubling development. When addressing state restrictions on vital medical care for…
William J. Aceves -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Transgender Disenfranchisement
Transgender and gender variant people are excluded from formal democratic participation at the polls through a variety of legal mechanisms. Such barriers include purportedly…
Scott Skinner-Thompson -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 1
FDA Leads, States Must Follow
Courts have long deferred to the FDA’s scientific expertise, particularly on matters of drug safety and effectiveness. But now, in the aftermath of the…
Catherine M. Sharkey & Daniel J. Kenny -
NoteVol. 101 · Iss. 4
Fairness for All? The Implications of Adopting a Third-Gender Category in Elite Sports
On March 18, 2022, the NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships garnered national attention for more than just the record-breaking swims. The…
Emily Fox -
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Appointing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Judges in the Trump Administration
President Donald Trump incessantly brags that American citizens selected him to “Make the Judiciary Great Again” and constantly reminds the public that…
Carl Tobias -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
In early 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led what would become known as the “Birmingham Campaign” with the Southern Leadership Conference in which…
Paulette Brown -
NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 1
Genital Exceptionalism Has No Place in the Law: Improving Transgender and Intersex Rights in the 21st Century
Sex exceptionalism—also referred to as sexuality or sexual exceptionalism—is a concept that has recently been developed and explored in feminist legal scholarship. Sex exceptionalism…
Lindsey M. Walker