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Capitol Hill Conversation: LGBT Issues Heat Up At The Tennessee Legislature

Opponents of a measure that would've restricted which bathrooms transgender students can use await the start of a press conference in February. Credit: Chas SiskWPLN
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LGBT rights organizations have been amping up their opposition to a number of bills in the Tennessee state legislature.

It’s a sign that the 2015 Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage and President Trump’s victory in November haven’t settled the debate.

Last week, two Wilson County lawmakers withdrew a measure that would’ve required transgender students to use the bathroom of their birth sex. But there are other bills that make LGBT groups uneasy.

Statehouse reporter Chas Sisk is here to tell us more.

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Chas Sisk, Senior Editor

Chas joined WPLN in 2015 and became an editor in 2018. Previously, he covered state politics for Nashville Public Radio and The Tennessean, and he’s also reported on communities, politics and business for a variety of publications in Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University, where he studied economics and journalism.

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