Gender Dysphoria and the Americans With Disabilities Act: The Shameful Wall of Exclusion

Authors

Victoria Lynn Smith

Abstract

On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA') and celebrated the moment that the "shameful wall of exclusion finally [came] tumbling down."¹ At that moment, the President promised that this legislation was a proverbial sledgehammer marking the end of discrimination in America.² Nevertheless, over thirty years later, individuals at the intersection of disability rights and transgender rights are still struggling against exclusion as they attempt to receive the promised protections of the ADA.³

First Page

427

Recommended Citation

Victoria L. Smith, Gender Dysphoria and the Americans With Disabilities Act: The Shameful Wall of Exclusion, 62 Duq. L. Rev. 427 (2024).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol62/iss2/12