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Tennessee Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

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March 2, 2023

Taking away the freedom of families of transgender youth to seek critical healthcare, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law a ban on all forms of gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18 — putting the government in charge of making vital decisions traditionally reserved to parents in Tennessee. The law takes effect on July 1, 2023.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Advocates Promise Legal Action in Defense of Transgender Youth in Tennessee

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February 13, 2023

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Americans United and Lambda Legal: Victory For Woman Rejected By Federally Funded Foster Care Agency Because She Is A Lesbian

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June 24, 2022

Organizations Voluntarily Dismiss Lawsuit Against U.S. Dept. Of HHS After Securing Ability For Tennessee Woman To Foster Refugee Children

See Also: Adoption and Parenting
I Want to Play Golf with Other Boys. I’m Suing Tennessee for That Chance.

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November 5, 2021

I am a boy, and I want to be on the boys’ golf team so I can play among other boys.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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November 4, 2021

“Luc just wants to play golf with other boys, to be part of the team, and to improve his game. Like all kids, he just wants to play.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Files Complaint Against and Calls for Disbarment of Tennessee District Attorney Craig Northcott

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August 27, 2019

Northcott publicly stated that he does not file domestic assault charges if the violence occurred between same-sex spouses, does not recognize “homosexual marriage,” and would not prosecute Tennessee county clerks who deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Tennessee Senate Must Reject Effort to Deny Children Loving Families

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April 25, 2019

The Tennessee State Senate is soon to vote on Tennessee SB 1304, a license-to-discriminate bill that allows taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency’s religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal Sues Tennessee Over Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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April 23, 2019

Today Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s policy prohibiting transgender people born in Tennessee from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights
LGBT Advocates Urge District Court Not to Let States Game the System

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July 28, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations late yesterday filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s guidance regarding public school districts’ responsibility to allow transgender students to use the same restrooms as other students.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
We Are Better Than This, Tennessee

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April 6, 2016

When you’re from Tennessee, you learn a way of thinking and talking about the, shall we say, less inspiring chapters of your state’s history.

See Also: Religiously Motivated Discrimination

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Tennessee Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

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Advocates Promise Legal Action in Defense of Transgender Youth in Tennessee

a-picture-of-the-tennessee-flag-flying-in-the-wind-cae53b-1600.jpeg

Americans United and Lambda Legal: Victory For Woman Rejected By Federally Funded Foster Care Agency Because She Is A Lesbian

easter_v._hhs_-_kelly_easter.jpg

I Want to Play Golf with Other Boys. I’m Suing Tennessee for That Chance.

luc_aclu-0554.jpg

Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

luc_aclu-0029.jpg

Lambda Legal Files Complaint Against and Calls for Disbarment of Tennessee District Attorney Craig Northcott

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Tennessee Senate Must Reject Effort to Deny Children Loving Families

michal-parzuchowski-260084-unsplash.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues Tennessee Over Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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LGBT Advocates Urge District Court Not to Let States Game the System

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We Are Better Than This, Tennessee

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