Bio
Chase Strangio is Co-Director of the ACLU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 ACLU, 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 ACLU鈥檚 challenge to North Carolina鈥檚 notorious HB2, Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al, the ACLU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
Nov 1, 2023
Why We鈥檙e Taking the Fight for Trans Youth Health Care to the Supreme Court
Oct 13, 2022
The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender Youth
Mar 1, 2022
Texas Wants to Take Trans Kids From Their Supportive Parents. We鈥檙e Suing.
Jan 21, 2021
What President Biden鈥檚 LGBTQ Executive Order Does and Doesn鈥檛 Do
Jan 16, 2020
Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids鈥 Lives at the Start of the Decade
Nov 20, 2018
#WontBeErased, Won鈥檛 Be Forgotten, Won鈥檛 Be Alone
Aug 21, 2018
Deadly Violence Against Transgender People Is on the Rise. The Government Isn鈥檛 Helping.