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Chase Strangio
Birth Date:29 October 1982
Education:Grinnell College (BA)
Northeastern University (JD)
Employer:American Civil Liberties Union
Known For:Transgender rights activism
Children:1

Chase Strangio ([1] born October 29, 1982)[2] is an American lawyer and transgender rights activist. He is the Deputy Director for Transgender Justice[3] and staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).[4] [5]

Early life and education

Strangio grew up near Boston, Massachusetts.[6]

Strangio attended Grinnell College, graduating in 2004.[7] After graduation, he worked as a paralegal at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). He went on to attend Northeastern University School of Law.[8] Strangio came out as a transgender man while in law school.

After graduating from Northeastern in 2010, Strangio received a fellowship from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) to continue developing his legal skills.

Career and activism

After law school, Strangio worked as a public defender for Dean Spade, the first openly trans law professor in the U.S. Spade's work had inspired Strangio while he was in college.

In 2012, Strangio and trans activist Lorena Borjas founded the Lorena Borjas Community Fund to provide bail and bond assistance to trans people.

In 2013, Strangio began working for the ACLU. Strangio served as lead counsel for the ACLU team representing transgender U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning. He was also part of the team suing on behalf of trans student Gavin Grimm, who was denied access to the boys' restrooms at his school.[9]

In October 2019, Strangio was one of the lawyers representing Aimee Stephens, a trans woman who was fired from her job at a funeral home, in the U.S. Supreme Court case R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.[10] The previous month, trans actress Laverne Cox brought Strangio as her date to the 2019 Emmy Awards, and the pair spoke to reporters on the red carpet about the upcoming court case.[11] [12] [13]

In June 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 6–3 in favor of Gerald Bostock, a gay man terminated from his job due to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, in Bostock v. Clayton County. Strangio was one of the lawyers on the case. The court ruled that it is illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis of transgender identity or sexual orientation.[14] [15]

In November 2020, journalist Glenn Greenwald criticized Strangio's comments about the book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier. Strangio, who had tweeted that "stopping the circulation of this book and these ideas is 100% a hill I will die on," responded that he was not speaking for the ACLU and said he deleted his tweet because "there were relentless calls to have me fired, which I found exhausting as I was navigating work and childcare."[16] [17] According to the New York Times, Strangio's tweet had "startled traditional backers [of the ACLU], who remembered its many fights against book censorship and banning".[18]

Strangio has appeared on television programs including The Rachel Maddow Show,[19] Democracy Now!,[20] For the Record with Greta,[21] AM Joy,[22] PBS NewsHour,[23] and Up.[24]

Since 2021, Chase has worked with the ACLU to fight against state legislation seeking to prohibit children from accessing treatment for gender transition.[25]

Honors and recognition

In 2014, Strangio was named to the Trans 100 list for "outstanding contributions to the trans community".[26] [27]

In June 2017, Strangio was one of those chosen for NBC Out's inaugural "#Pride30" list.

In May 2018, Strangio was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by his alma mater Grinnell College.[28]

In November 2019, he was awarded the American Bar Association's Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity's 2020 Stonewall Award.[29]

Strangio was included in 2020's Time 100 most influential people in the world.[30]

Personal life

His partner is the art curator and writer Kimberly Drew (as of 2021).[31] As of 2022, Strangio lives in New York City and has one child.

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Love Is: Revolutionary Joy Chase Strangio. Uninterrupted. June 12, 2022. December 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Strangio . Chase . "Made it to 39" . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/chasestrangio/2695220209967877534_2695220206889126040 . 2021-12-25 . registration . . October 29, 2021 . November 5, 2021.
  3. Web site: Chase Strangio . 2022-05-12 . American Civil Liberties Union . en-US.
  4. Web site: Compton . Julie . #Pride30: ACLU Lawyer Chase Strangio Is Fighting for Trans Justice . June 20, 2017 . . June 7, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170619153157/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out-pride30/pride30-aclu-lawyer-chase-strangio-fighting-trans-justice-n763581 . June 19, 2017 . live . mdy-all.
  5. Web site: Tourjee. Diana. The Trans Lawyer Fighting to Keep His Community Alive. Broadly. Vice. June 20, 2017. September 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170204094340/https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/chase-strangio-the-trans-lawyer-fighting-to-keep-his-community-alive. February 4, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  6. Michaels. Samantha. Chelsea Manning's Lawyer Knows How to Fight Transgender Discrimination—He's Lived It. June 20, 2017. Mother Jones. May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170623002032/http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/chase-strangio-gavin-grimm-transgender-lawyer-aclu/. June 23, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  7. Web site: Transforming Trans Justice. Grinnell College. June 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924052301/https://www.grinnell.edu/news/transforming-trans-justice. September 24, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: Chase Strangio . American Civil Liberties Union . June 20, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170625035843/https://www.aclu.org/bio/chase-strangio . June 25, 2017 . live . mdy-all.
  9. Gordon-Loebl . Naomi . Trump's War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio . May 5, 2019 . . November 9, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505202600/https://www.thenation.com/article/chase-strangio-interview-trans-rights/ . May 5, 2019 . live . mdy-all .
  10. News: Wakefield . Lily . The trans lawyer who defended trans rights in the landmark Supreme Court case has a sobering warning . October 16, 2019 . . October 15, 2019.
  11. Web site: Fratti . Karen . Laverne Cox's 2019 Emmys Date Is Bringing Attention To A Vital Court Case . . October 16, 2019 . September 22, 2019.
  12. Vanderhoof . Erin . Emmys 2019: Laverne Cox's Political Rainbow Purse Had a Secret Message . October 16, 2019 . . September 23, 2019.
  13. News: McDermott . Maeve . Emmys 2019: Laverne Cox's clutch has an important pro-LGBTQ message . October 16, 2019 . . September 22, 2019.
  14. Web site: 2020-06-15. What landmark Supreme Court ruling means for LGBTQ rights. 2020-06-19. PBS NewsHour. en-us.
  15. Web site: Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. 2020-06-19. SCOTUSblog. en.
  16. Web site: The Ongoing Death of Free Speech: Prominent ACLU Lawyer Cheers Suppression of a New Book . . November 15, 2020 . November 16, 2020 . Greenwald, Glenn . Glenn Greenwald.
  17. Web site: 2021-03-31. 'Mighty' Ira Glasser & the ACLU Foundation. 2021-06-27. Tablet Magazine. en.
  18. News: Powell . Michael . 2021-06-06 . Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  19. News: Discrimination law puts North Carolina in legal hot seat. June 20, 2017. The Rachel Maddow Show. March 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924092959/http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/discrimination-law-puts-nc-in-legal-hot-seat-653952067678. September 24, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  20. News: Shows featuring Chase Strangio. Democracy Now. June 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170623011325/https://www.democracynow.org/appearances/chase_strangio. June 23, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  21. Web site: Chelsea Manning's Attorney: 'This Has Saved Her Life'. January 17, 2017. June 20, 2017. MSNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20170503062232/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/chelsea-manning-s-attorney-this-has-saved-her-life-856762947572. May 3, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  22. Web site: Transgender rights under fire in Trump era. February 25, 2017. July 1, 2017. MSNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20170703051933/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/transgender-rights-under-fire-in-trump-era-884875331945. July 3, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  23. News: Feliciano . Ivette . Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights? . May 5, 2019 . . January 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190320134017/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/is-banning-trans-troops-a-legal-tactic-to-reverse-civil-rights . March 20, 2019 . live . mdy-all .
  24. News: Gura . David . Laverne Cox: We exist, we deserve human rights . October 8, 2019 . . . October 6, 2019.
  25. News: Larson . Erik . This Lawyer Is Fighting a Deeply Personal Battle for Trans Rights . March 16, 2022 . . March 16, 2022.
  26. Web site: SRLP's Gabriel Foster, Chase Strangio and Bali White honored by the Trans 100!. Sylvia Rivera Law Project. June 20, 2017. April 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924044934/https://srlp.org/srlps-gabriel-foster-chase-strangio-and-bali-white-honored-by-the-trans-100/. September 24, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  27. Web site: Trans 100 2014. The Trans 100. June 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924050200/http://www.thetrans100.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Trans_100_2014_Booklet_Update_9.pdf. September 24, 2017. live. mdy-all.
  28. Web site: Commencement 2018 Is Complete Grinnell College. www.grinnell.edu. en. 2018-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180522050742/http://www.grinnell.edu/news/commencement-2018-complete. 2018-05-22. live.
  29. Web site: ACLU attorney Chase Strangio to receive 2020 Stonewall Award. 2020-06-19. www.americanbar.org. en.
  30. Chase Strangio: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020. 2020-09-23. Time.
  31. Web site: Also.Also.Also: Chase Strangio and Kimberly Drew Are the Cutest Queer Love Story You'll See Today!. 23 March 2021.

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