Supreme Court dives into transgender care for kids as Illinois groups look on NBC Chicago [Video]

Tennessee is not the only state with bans for kids to have gender-affirming care, but it is in the spotlight as the Supreme Court takes up a new case that could have massive impacts around the U.S.

Tennessee barred gender-affirming care methods for minors like puberty blockers and hormone therapy in 2023. Now, three trans kids and their parents are challenging the law, arguing it violates the 14th Amendment, discriminating on the basis of sex.

Advocacy groups in Illinois are sounding the alarm, saying they believe this would be the start of a greater pushback against the trans community as a whole.

“For me I know it’s deeper than children. We know it’s a bigger concept than that, that’s just the low hanging fruit is transgender kids,” said Zahara Bassett, the founder of Life is Work.

Bassett started using gender-affirming methods at 17-years-old after a lifetime of feeling she was …