nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200425-044552-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200424s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200425-044552-0 doi eng 342 23 Lagrand, Türkan Ertuna Author aut It’s not about Bathroom Policies, it’s about Constitutional Principles The First Transgender Rights Case Before the US Supreme Court Lagrand, Türkan Ertuna Verfassungsblog 2020-04-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The United States Supreme Court is expected to soon deliver its judgment in the first transgender rights case before it. In the absence of federal laws protecting transgender persons from discrimination, the case revolves around the question whether the prohibition of discrimination ‘because of … sex’ transgender discrimination. The US Supreme Court appears to turn this into a question of political deliberation, bathroom policies and dress codes. The ECJ, on the other hand, instead of getting lost in policy discussions, has already in 1996 recognized the protection of transgender persons against discrimination based on the core constitutional principle of equality. The ECJ’s approach does in fact have a foothold under US case law and the US Supreme Court could seize the opportunity to bring transgender persons closer to enjoying the same rights as the general population. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Discrimination ECJ Equality Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/its-not-about-bathroom-policies-its-about-constitutional-principles/ raw object