The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, as the justices waded into another contentious issue implicating LGBT rights. They took up an appeal by Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments including hormones and surgeries for minors experiencing gender dysphoria. The court will hear the case in its next term, which begins in October. The challengers contend that banning care for transgender youth violates the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s equal protection and due process guarantees by discriminating against these adolescents based on sex and transgender status.