For Chase Strangio, the professional path that’s led to this moment – in which he’ll have 15 minutes to present an argument defending gender-affirming care for trans youth before the Supreme Court – cannot be unwoven from his life outside the courtroom.

It is not lost on me that I will be standing there at the lectern at the Supreme Court in part because I was able to have access to the medical care that is the very subject of the case that we’re litigating,

ACLU trans attorney Chase Strangio defended trans surgeries for minors in an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper on Tuesday. Strangio will be defending transgender surgeries in the state of Tennessee in front of the Supreme Court.

The issue of transgender rights animated the presidential campaign. Now it has made its way to the Supreme Court, and in more ways than one.

The court will consider whether states can block doctors from prescribing gender treatments to patients under the age of 18, in its biggest case this term.

The day after Donald Trump’s election victory, ACLU transgender justice advocate Chase Strangio promised his 98,000 Instagram followers he’ll “fight like hell.”

When the Supreme Court this week wades into the contentious issue of transgender rights, the justices will hear from an attorney with knowledge that runs deep.