Tennessee Hit With Federal Lawsuit Over Ban On Transgender Athletes
3 years, 2 months ago

Tennessee Hit With Federal Lawsuit Over Ban On Transgender Athletes

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LOADING ERROR LOADING NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two civil rights groups filed a federal court challenge Thursday against a Tennessee law that bars transgender athletes from playing public high school or middle school sports aligned with their gender identity. The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Lambda Legal, which advocates for LGBTQ civil rights, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Nashville on behalf of a 14-year-old transgender boy, arguing the state law violates equal rights protections under the 14th Amendment and Title IX. Lee helped fuel the bill’s progress early on, saying in February that allowing transgender girls to play on middle and high school sports teams would “destroy women’s sports.” In March, lawmakers passed the bill and Lee signed it. Tennessee’s new laws this year also restrict bathroom options in public schools for transgender people, require notices outside public bathrooms at businesses and government buildings that let transgender people use the bathrooms of their gender identity, let parents opt students out of public school lessons on sexual orientation or gender identity, and ban doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment to prepubescent minors, though advocates say doctors there already don’t do that.

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"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"
1 month ago

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

Salon  

The Supreme Court last week appeared likely to support a contentious Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral argument in one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights in the nation's history. "We think it would be sufficient for the Court to recognize that a law that on its face says you …

Supreme Court signals it will uphold 'state-sanctioned discrimination' in transgender care
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1 month ago

Supreme Court signals it will uphold 'state-sanctioned discrimination' in transgender care

Raw Story  

Attorneys who argued against Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming healthcare at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed hope that the court's nine justices will take "the opportunity to affirm the essential freedom and equality of all people before the law," while reports indicated that the right-wing majority is inclined to uphold the ban. "We ask the Supreme Court to commit …

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
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1 month ago

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth during oral arguments on Wednesday, in what experts say is the most important transgender rights case the court has ever heard. The law is meant to encourage minors to “appreciate their sex” and prohibits doctors from prescribing …

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
1 month ago

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Associated Press  

Follow live updates and analysis on the Supreme Court’s hearing on a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers …

Conservatives appear skeptical of challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors
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1 month ago

Conservatives appear skeptical of challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors

Politico  

Opponents of the Tennessee law framed their arguments around Gorsuch’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, contending that denying certain medicines to adolescents based on their sex amounted to discrimination and required strong justification from state officials. With the court’s three liberals all appearing to support the plaintiffs challenging the Tennessee law, Gorsuch’s vote alone would not be enough …

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 month, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. “The stakes are high, of course, for transgender adolescents, but also for the parents who are watching their children suffer, who are just trying to do right by …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Two transgender girls win right to play on girls sports teams during lawsuit
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Two transgender girls win right to play on girls sports teams during lawsuit

The Independent  

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Arizona’s ban on transgender girls playing girls school team sports remains blocked, court says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Arizona’s ban on transgender girls playing girls school team sports remains blocked, court says

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that blocks Arizona from enforcing a 2022 law that bans transgender girls from playing on girls school sports teams. We did not expect to get a fair hearing in the 9th Circuit.” Rachel Berg, an attorney for National Center for Lesbian Rights, which represents the girls and their parents, said …

Judge blocks Biden trans healthcare discrimination ban from taking effect in early Loper-Bright test
6 months, 1 week ago

Judge blocks Biden trans healthcare discrimination ban from taking effect in early Loper-Bright test

Salon  

A U.S. District Judge in Mississippi has blocked a Biden administration proposal to ban discrimination based on gender identity — including transgender status — among healthcare providers. Citing Loper-Bright v. Raimondo — the Supreme Court decision last week that killed the landmark Chevron Doctrine, a legal principle that gave agencies the power to enact policy not explicitly written into law …

A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender youth is thrown out by a federal judge
6 months, 4 weeks ago

A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender youth is thrown out by a federal judge

LA Times  

Ron DeSantis, speaking in January, signed the transgender care restrictions last year as he was gearing up for his presidential campaign, which was based largely on such culture wars. “I’m so relieved the court saw there is no medical basis for this law — it was passed just to target transgender people like me and try to push us out …

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students
8 months, 1 week ago

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

Associated Press  

Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. “The central feature of the Final Rule is the Department’s extraordinary move to transform Title IX’s prohibition of discrimination …

Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority Legislature. The bill’s progression comes as Tennessee Republican lawmakers have established the state as one of the most eager to pass policies aimed at the LGBTQ+ community as Republicans pursue legislation …

More women join challenge to Tennessee’s abortion ban law
1 year ago

More women join challenge to Tennessee’s abortion ban law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. MORE WOMEN JOIN TENNESSEE’S SUIT On Monday, four more women joined the legal battle in Tennessee that first was filed in September— bringing the total of plaintiffs …

ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Block Tennessee Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth
1 year, 2 months ago

ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Block Tennessee Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. However, the ACLU, medical providers and families of transgender youth in the state say that the law has already affected patients who began gender-affirming care prior to the enforcement of …

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care
1 year, 2 months ago

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender teens and their families asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a ban on gender-affirming care for minors that a lower court allowed to go into effect. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has described the decision as a “big win for democracy.” Meanwhile, in Kentucky, attorneys representing transgender youth, their families …

This State Tried To Pass Anti-Trans Laws For Years. Then A Right-Wing Media Star Got Involved.
1 year, 2 months ago

This State Tried To Pass Anti-Trans Laws For Years. Then A Right-Wing Media Star Got Involved.

Huff Post  

Last September, Riley headed to their clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which was usually brimming with chatter about the day’s research and patient needs. All day people whispered about the social media posts by right-wing blogger Matt Walsh, which had gone viral the day before for claiming that doctors at Vanderbilt’s transgender health clinic “castrate” and “sterilize” children. Riley …

Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding
1 year, 2 months ago

Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure. Earlier this year, Tennessee was disqualified from receiving millions of federal dollars offered through a family …

Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky
1 year, 3 months ago

Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee and Kentucky can continue to ban gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed, federal appeals judges ruled. “Decisions that are not clearly resolved by the Constitution should be resolved by the people through their elected representatives.” In initial rulings months ago in Kentucky and Tennessee, trial court judges had …

Federal appeals court upholds block of Idaho transgender athletes law
1 year, 4 months ago

Federal appeals court upholds block of Idaho transgender athletes law

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision blocking Idaho’s first-in-the-nation ban on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s preliminary injunction against the 2020 law, which would prohibit transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams The judges ruled that the ban discriminates not just against transgender women but …

Federal Judges Say Tennessee Can Enforce Gender-Affirming Care Ban
1 year, 6 months ago

Federal Judges Say Tennessee Can Enforce Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Tennessee can enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the state, for now, after a federal appeals court ruling was handed down Saturday. “The challengers have not shown that a right to new medical treatments is ‘deeply rooted in our history and traditions’ and thus beyond the democratic process to regulate,” wrote Sixth Circuit Court …

Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
1 year, 6 months ago

Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

Associated Press  

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling. Last month, a district court judge in Tennessee found that the state’s new law banning transgender therapies like hormone blockers and surgeries for transgender youth …

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans
1 year, 6 months ago

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee temporarily blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth Wednesday, handing down the rulings shortly before the statutes were set to go into effect. In both Kentucky and Tennessee, the judges blocked portions of the law that would have banned transgender youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. …

Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probe

The Independent  

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Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature
1 year, 6 months ago

Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill banning transgender girls from playing on the middle school, high school and college sports teams that align with their gender identity is approaching the finish line in North Carolina as GOP-controlled state legislatures nationwide round out a record year of legislation targeting transgender residents. “This is only telling everyone that women’s sports is for women.” …

Tennessee drag ban is struck down by Trump-appointed federal judge
1 year, 7 months ago

Tennessee drag ban is struck down by Trump-appointed federal judge

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Transgender youth sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender youth sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban

Associated Press  

— Two transgender children, their parents and two health care providers filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that a Montana law that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth is unconstitutional. The ban on puberty blockers, hormone treatment and surgical procedures applies only to transgender youth being treated for gender dysphoria, but that same care can be provided to cisgender adolescents …

Justice Department challenges Tennessee to block ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
1 year, 8 months ago

Justice Department challenges Tennessee to block ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The US Department of Justice has is joining legal challenges …

US sues Tennessee over ban on care for transgender youth
1 year, 8 months ago

US sues Tennessee over ban on care for transgender youth

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, one of the several laws the state’s GOP-dominated Statehouse enacted this year targeting LGBTQ+ people. The federal lawsuit comes after Clarke sent a letter to all state attorneys general last month warning them that federal law protects transgender …

US Justice Dept sues Tennessee over transgender healthcare law
1 year, 8 months ago

US Justice Dept sues Tennessee over transgender healthcare law

Al Jazeera  

The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, one of the several laws the state’s Republican-dominated legislature enacted this year aimed at LGBTQ+ people. The Justice Department said the law violates the US Constitution’s equal protection clause by discriminating on the basis of both sex and transgender …

Transgender children, families sue Tennessee over care ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender children, families sue Tennessee over care ban

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three transgender children and their parents sued Tennessee on Thursday over a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The law, scheduled to go into effect on July 1, prohibits health care providers from providing hormone treatments or surgeries for transgender youth where the purpose is to allow the child to express a gender identity “inconsistent …

Federal judge temporarily blocks Tennessee’s anti-drag law
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal judge temporarily blocks Tennessee’s anti-drag law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows just hours before it was set to go into effect, siding with a group that filed a lawsuit claiming the statute violates the First Amendment. The word “drag” doesn’t appear in the new law, which instead changed the definition of adult …

Georgia Senate bill bans some transgender care for youth
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia Senate bill bans some transgender care for youth

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate has passed a bill to bar some kinds of gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18, overriding impassioned pleas from a Democratic state senator who is the the mother of a transgender son. The 33-22 vote on Monday to pass Senate Bill 140, with all Republicans backing the measure, is part of …

Tennessee becomes first state in the nation with law restricting drag performances
1 year, 10 months ago

Tennessee becomes first state in the nation with law restricting drag performances

The Independent  

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Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 10 months ago

Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday to ban gender-affirming hormones or surgery in the state for anyone younger than 18, part of a broad effort in conservative states to restrict transgender athletes, gender-affirming care and drag shows. Reeves, who is running for reelection this year, said “radical activists” are telling children they are in the wrong …

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk
1 year, 10 months ago

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to the desk of Republican Gov. They need love and support, and many of them need to be able to grow up to become the individuals that they were intended to be.” Across the United States, state lawmakers have introduced legislation attacking …

Tennessee closes in on trans youth care ban; lawsuit pledged
1 year, 10 months ago

Tennessee closes in on trans youth care ban; lawsuit pledged

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican-led Senate approved a measure Monday that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, spurring civil rights groups to promise an immediate lawsuit if and when it becomes law. Yet Tennessee in particular has been caught in the center of this conflict ever since video surfaced on social media last year of a Nashville doctor touting …

Tennessee advances legislation to ban trans youth care
1 year, 11 months ago

Tennessee advances legislation to ban trans youth care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Legislature on Tuesday advanced a handful of proposals that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth and severely limit where drag shows can take place. Tennessee in particular has been caught in the center of this conflict ever since video surfaced on social media last year of a Nashville doctor touting that gender-affirming procedures are …

Court challenge to Indiana trans sports ban has been dropped
1 year, 11 months ago

Court challenge to Indiana trans sports ban has been dropped

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A lawsuit challenging an Indiana law that prohibits transgender students from competing in girls school sports was dropped Wednesday just weeks before it was to be heard by a federal appeals court. A federal judge in Indianapolis ruled against the law in August and granted a preliminary injunction allowing a 10-year-old transgender girl to rejoin her school’s all-girls …

Tennessee GOP leaders vow to ban transgender youth care
2 years, 2 months ago

Tennessee GOP leaders vow to ban transgender youth care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Top Tennessee Republicans on Friday vowed to push for some of the strictest anti-transgender policies in the United States at a rally Friday, where hundreds of people cheered in support as LGBTQ rights activists yelled back in protest. Meanwhile, VUMC says they’ve provided on average five gender affirming surgeries to minors over the age of 16 — …

Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids
2 years, 4 months ago

Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can’t enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care. “Because the minor’s sex at birth determines whether or not the minor can receive certain types of medical care under the law, Act 626 discriminates on the basis of sex,” the court’s ruling Thursday said. Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge …

Judge grants preliminary injunction allowing transgender girls to compete on girls’ teams in Utah
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge grants preliminary injunction allowing transgender girls to compete on girls’ teams in Utah

CNN  

CNN — A Utah judge granted a preliminary injunction Friday allowing transgender girls to compete on girls’ teams, but they will not be automatically eligible to play. The decision “will allow transgender girls to compete on girls’ teams only when it is fair, as confidentially determined by a legislature-created commission,” according to the decision by Judge Keith A. Kelly, from …

Judge won’t toss lawsuit against Utah transgender sports ban
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge won’t toss lawsuit against Utah transgender sports ban

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A judge on Wednesday rejected the request by Utah officials to throw out a lawsuit challenging a state ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports. The issue of whether transgender girls should be allowed to participate in female sports has become flashpoint across the U.S. with Republican lawmakers passing legislation to block …

Transgender child sues over Tennessee school bathroom law
2 years, 5 months ago

Transgender child sues over Tennessee school bathroom law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A transgender child and her parents sued the Tennessee Department of Education on Thursday over a law that prohibits transgender students and staff from using school bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identities. Under Tennessee’s bathroom law, a student, parent or employee can sue for monetary damages “for all psychological, emotional, and physical harm suffered” …

Title IX’s next battle: The rights of transgender athletes
2 years, 6 months ago

Title IX’s next battle: The rights of transgender athletes

Associated Press  

When the gender equity legislation known as Title IX became law in 1972, the politics of transgender sports was not even a blip in the national conversation. “We’re at a time where Title IX is going to be exploited and celebrated,” said Donna de Varona, the Olympic champion swimmer who heads the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group, which seeks a …

Transgender athlete ban challenged in Utah lawsuit
2 years, 7 months ago

Transgender athlete ban challenged in Utah lawsuit

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A ban on transgender athletes playing on girls’ sports teams is being challenged in court in Utah, one of more than a dozen states that have passed similar bans throughout the last two years. I just want to play on a team like any other kid.” For the Utah lawmakers who After observing courts strike down …

Utah: Families of 2 teens sue over ban on transgender women and girls competing in school sports
2 years, 7 months ago

Utah: Families of 2 teens sue over ban on transgender women and girls competing in school sports

CNN  

CNN — The families of two Utah teenagers have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports. Spencer Cox’s veto of HB 11, which bans transgender athletes from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams. It is not supported by medical or scientific evidence.” It also states if gender dysphoria …

Federal judge strikes down Tennessee bathroom signage law
2 years, 7 months ago

Federal judge strikes down Tennessee bathroom signage law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Tennessee’s first-of-its-kind law requiring businesses to post special signs if they allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. In her latest decision, the judge deemed the law “a brazen attempt to single out trans-inclusive establishments and force them to parrot a message that they reasonably believe would …

Tennessee governor signs collegiate transgender athlete ban
2 years, 8 months ago

Tennessee governor signs collegiate transgender athlete ban

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Gov. Last year, no other state enacted more laws targeting transgender people than Tennessee, as GOP lawmakers consistently dismissed concerns that they discriminate against an already at-risk population. The proposal easily cleared the Republican-controlled Statehouse, where GOP members also approved a separate bill that will add harsh penalties against public K-12 schools that allow transgender athletes …

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