Chloe Fife

UVA students are gathering outside the rotunda to protest a closed meeting of the board of visitors scheduled to discuss the fate of gender affirming care at UVA hospital

Trans kids go missing at alarming rates. The Trump administration is making it harder to find them  | Xtra Magazine OPINION: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children complying with Trump’s executive order will stop them from finding missing trans children

For my @xtramagazine.com column, I wrote about Trump's EO about sex and gender does not match with how people actually live their lives. Missing and exploited trans kids will pay the price. xtramagazine.com/power/identi...

Trump DOJ tells #SCOTUS it is not going to take steps to try to make the Skrmetti case go away—even though it no longer believes that the Tennessee law is unconstitutional.

TL;DR: The Supreme Court can (and likely will) continue to decide the case.

I am excited to say that my Essay, "Congressional Enforcement of Transgender Rights," was just published in the Virginia Law Review Online Symposium "Justice in Transition"

virginialawreview.org/articles/con...

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(And I'm sure I'm missing others because I can't find their bluesky handles)

I am looking forward to presenting this piece and hearing from the other symposium authors, as well as several experts on trans legal rights, at the symposium this Friday:

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I hope that this piece will, in at least a small way, go down in the historical record as evidence of the wrongdoing of the federal government today. And I hope that trans people can look to this piece as one path forward in reestablishing the constitutional order when that day comes

But now, I see it as a rebuke of Congress's and the Trump administration's actions to undermine trans rights. Congress has the power (and duty) to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment and seek justice for trans people. Instead, it has chosen to discard the Constitution

I didn't want this to piece to be nothing more than screaming into the void. Instead, I wanted it to engage in a conversation about a trans-inclusive constitution. After the election, I thought that hope was lost

This Essay was a hopeful project to imagine ways that trans people might be able to seek justice (and prevent further harm to the community) following years of attacks on our rights. After the November 2024 election, I deeply considered whether this is the right time to be making the argument

In the Essay, I argue that Congress has the power under the Fourteenth Amendment's Enforcement Clause to enforce the rights of trans people against states enacting anti-trans legislation. By invoking the Enforcement Clause, Congress can open states up to private lawsuits, among other things.

I am excited to say that my Essay, "Congressional Enforcement of Transgender Rights," was just published in the Virginia Law Review Online Symposium "Justice in Transition"

virginialawreview.org/articles/con...

A Line By Line Analysis Of Trump's Big Anti-Trans Executive Order Trump released over 70 executive orders on Monday. While orders on immigration and climate got a lot of attention, his anti-transgender order could have sweeping impacts as well.

1/X Wondering about the anti-trans EO issued Monday? This 🧵 is a deep dive on one particularly troubling provision. (For those looking for an overview, @erininthemorning.com has a terrific explainer of the basics that I would start w/: www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-line-by-...)