[1] The case's rapporteur, minister Gilmar Mendes, cast the initial vote asserting the right of any person, regardless of gender, to access healthcare they require, and the Court unanimously agreed.
[2] The case was requested by the Workers' Party in objection to obstacles encountered by transgender people, during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, while attempting to access the country's public healthcare system.
[1] According to the Workers' Party, transgender people who alter their name in civil records to reflect their gender identities haven't had access to health services corresponding to their biological sex.
[3] On 28 June 2024, ministers Roberto Barroso, Luiz Fux, Cármen Lúcia, Nunes Marques and André Mendonça all voted with the rapporteur, bringing the Court to a unanimous concurrence.
[3] Ministers Fachin, Lúcia and Barroso concurred and additionally proposed that the Live Birth Declaration (Portuguese: Declaração de Nascido Vivo, DNV)[a] should include the parents' gender identification.