Bio
Chase Strangio is Co-Director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 LGBT & HIV Project as well as a nationally recognized expert on transgender rights. Chase鈥檚 work includes impact litigation, as well as legislative and administrative advocacy, on behalf of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV across the United States.
Prior to joining the 老澳门开奖结果, Chase was an Equal Justice Works fellow and the Director of Prisoner Justice Initiatives at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, where he represented transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in confinement settings. In 2012, Chase co-founded the Lorena Borjas Community Fund, an organization that provides direct bail/bond assistance to LGBTQ immigrants in criminal and immigration cases. Chase is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Grinnell College.
Chase was counsel in the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 challenge to North Carolina鈥檚 notorious HB2, Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al, the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 challenge to Trump鈥檚 trans military ban, Stone v. Trump, and the case of Aimee Stephens, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC, which resulted in a landmark 6-3 ruling from the Supreme Court finding the 1964 Civil Rights Act's prohibition on sex discrimination in employment extended to discrimination against LGBTQ workers.
On December 4, 2024, Strangio presented oral arguments on behalf of the private plaintiffs in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a landmark Supreme Court challenge brought by three families and a medical provider against a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
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Selected Commentary:
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Awards & Honors:
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Fellow (2018-19); Association of LGBTQ Journalists, Excellence in Opinion/Editorial Writing Award (2018); Honorary Degree recipient, Grinnell College (May 2018); National LGBT Bar Association, Top 40 LGBT Lawyers Under 40 (2018); Northeastern University School of Law Daynard Distinguished Visiting Fellow (Winter 2018); Callen-Lorde Community Health Award Recipient (November 2017); BitchMedia 鈥淏itch 50鈥 Recognition of 50 individuals who have used their 鈥渃reative or political power to further advance visibility, equality, or access for marginal folks.鈥 (Summer 2017); NBCOut #Pride30 Recipient (Summer 2017); Sylvia Rivera Law Project Attorneys and Advocates Award recipient (2015); New York City Council Outstanding LGBT Champion recognition (June 2014); Trans100 Recipient (2014)
Featured work
Jan 18, 2017
Instead of Certain Death, Chelsea Manning Now Has a Chance at Life
Jan 11, 2017
Why President Obama Should Commute Chelsea Manning鈥檚 Sentence
Jan 4, 2017
Legislatures Gear Up to Target Transgender People. We Gear Up to Fight Back.
Mar 28, 2016
The Fight Against North Carolina鈥檚 Anti-LGBT Law Heads to Court
Mar 3, 2016
The Win in South Dakota Was Huge, but Transgender People Are Still Under Attack
Mar 1, 2016
South Dakota Governor Comes Down On the Right Side of History
Feb 16, 2016
'If I Were a Student in South Dakota, Chances Are I Would Not Survive Into Adulthood.'