Supreme Court Upholds Transgender Woman's Lawsuit Claiming Prison Violated Disability Law

• The Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal by a Virginia sheriff in a case involving a transgender woman who sued after being denied hormone treatment in jail.
• The lawsuit accused jail officials of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and subjecting the woman to cruel and unusual punishment.
• An appeals court had ruled that gender dysphoria qualifies as a disability under the ADA.
• The Supreme Court's decision allows the lawsuit to proceed,though two conservative justices dissented.
• The ruling establishes that the ADA protects transgender people with gender dysphoria in Virginia and states covered by the same federal appeals court.

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