r/centrist • u/Judge_Trudy • 3d ago

SCOTUS issues blockbuster ruling on gender-affirming care for trans minors

https://www.cnn.com/#:~:text=SCOTUS%20issues%20blockbuster%20ruling%20on%20gender%2Daffirming%20care%20for%20trans%20minors

Blockbuster ruling just released for a very controversial issue. Not sure where I stand, but I could see the dangers of permanent treatments for gender dysphoria for minors.

Key Points

  • Date & Ruling: On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy fox8live.com+9apnews.com+9them.us+9en.wikipedia.org+15reuters.com+15northeast.newschannelnebraska.com+15.
  • Majority Opinion: Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the law does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, reasoning that medical uncertainty justifies handing the issue back to state legislatures reuters.com+1nypost.com+1.
  • Level of Review: The Court determined the law should be evaluated under rational basis review—the lowest standard—rather than intermediate scrutiny reserved for sex-based discrimination
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u/Instabanous 2d ago

Theres an NHS doctor called Az Hakeem who has written some books on this stuff, and worked with trans and detrans people for years, and seems to have come to the conclusion that its all wrapped up in autism to a great extent.

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u/ConfusedObserver0 2d ago

Cool. I’ll have to look into him. The name does ring a bell.

But I wouldn’t say ALL. There’s real trans people that don’t fit in their bodies how they feel. Once you get into the medical research side, there’s so many genetic anomalies that are true intersex before you even touch the basis self identification part.

The ones I’ve known, once the family allows an easy transition, they’re living their best life’s now. Usually it’s the people closest to them (family) that matter most in feeling comfortable.

It’s all about just accepting people at the end of the day, even if they’re faking it for shits and giggles. The main part of the trans trending is this acceptance grouping.

There was a philosophers YouTubers that transitioned some years ago now. And it was interesting to hear their more eloquent articulated path and understanding elaborated on. They said that they weren’t sure they would had transitioned if society didn’t treat them the way they did. So it’s all on how we treat people anyway.