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Tennessee to track transgender patients, put trans women in male prisons
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (533+ words) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed'several bills legislating Tennessee's LGBTQ community " and more on the way to his desk. Having already banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth " paving the way for other states to do so " Tennessee Republicans focused on…...
Statehouse rolls back Tennesseans' ability to challenge laws
3+ week, 5+ day ago (423+ words) Tennesseans will soon be limited in their ability to sue over state laws. The statehouse narrowly voted to limit one of the only paths residents have to challenge policies they believe are unconstitutional. HB 1971/SB 1958 reverses a 2018 law that allowed…...
Tennessee library director ousted after refusing to remove LGBTQ books
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (502+ words) Rutherford County's top librarian is out of a job after refusing to remove more than a hundred books the library board deemed inappropriate." Luanne James is now the former executive director of the Rutherford County Library System. She was fired…...
Trans kids in half of U. S. states cannot get gender-affirming care as SCOTUS upholds Tennessee's ban
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (596+ words) Nashville's local news and NPR station Transgender kids in nearly half of all U. S. states will not be able to access gender-affirming care after the U. S. Supreme Court Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on the care for minors. The court ruled 6-3 along conservative…...