Chase Strangio

About this episode

Ilana Glazer interviews ACLU attorney Chase Strangio about his historic Supreme Court case and LGBTQ+ rights.

Meet ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, who made history in 2024 as the first openly trans person to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ilana and Chase discuss his litigation in high-profile LGBTQ+ cases, the power of public opinion to preempt changes to human rights policy, and why queer people are the most free and the most fun! Enjoying It’s Open with Ilana Glazer? The best way to support the pod is also the easiest: Subscribe! It tells the platforms what we’re doing, which helps us grow, an...

People in this episode

Host: Ilana Glazer

Guest: Chase Strangio

Topics covered

• LGBTQ+ rights
• legal advocacy
• public opinion
• human rights
• queer culture

Keywords

• ACLU
• Chase Strangio
• LGBTQ+
• Supreme Court
• human rights
• queer culture
• public opinion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACLU

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