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33 Wis. J. L. Gender, & Soc'y 107 (2018)
Transgender Rights are Human Rights: A Contemplation of Litigation Strategies in Transgender Discrimination Cases

handle is hein.journals/wiswo33 and id is 117 raw text is: ARTICLES TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: A CONTEMPLATION OF LITIGATION STRATEGIES IN TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION CASES Ryan K. Blake* Like being a woman, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights. - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton2 Transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time. - Former Vice President Joe Biden * Ryan is an Associate at Reed Smith, LLP, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He would like to thank his former Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Tobias B. Wolfe, for inspiring him to write this article, and to continue to work as an advocate. 2. Secretary Clinton in her address in Geneva on International Human Rights Day in 2011. The language was likely inspired by another speech given by (then First Lady) Clinton in 1995, at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, in which she stated that human fights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, Address at the Geneva Int'l Human Rights Day (Dec. 6, 2011). Hillary Clinton, First Lady, Address at the Fourth Women's Conference (Sep. 5, 1995). Interestingly, that speech may have been inspired by the writings of Sarah Moore Grimk6, an abolitionist who studied the law in secret so that she could better advocate for those suffering discrimination. Grimk6 is credited with having said I recognize no fights but human rights -I know nothing of men's fights and women's rights. Letter from Sarah Grimk&, Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman of 1838, Letter 15 (Oct. 20, 1837), Letters to Katherine Beecher, Angelina Grimke, (Nov. 4, 2018), https://www.stolaf.edu//people/fitz/COURSES/Grimke3.htm [https://perma.cc/2UHT- CGP5]. Secretary Clinton's 2011 speech is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqynW5EbIQ [https://perma.cc/ZML2-Y4GW], her 1995 speech is accessible at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXM4E23Efvk [https://perma.cc/24VS-ABHS].