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anti-lgbt

ACLU asks court to block Rutherford County’s school board from banning more books

Camellia Burris

April 16, 2025

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three anonymous families and an organization supporting the free expression of writers, called PEN America. Thirty-two members of PEN America have had a total of 53 books banned or restricted by the Rutherford County school board.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, book bans, books, First Amendment, lgbt, lgbtq, Rutherford County, Rutherford County Schools

Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case

Mark Sherman, AP

March 11, 2025

The conservative-led court said Monday it’ll hear a challenge to the law, amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military service and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, Associated Press, lgbt, lgbtq, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

From deportations to health care, state lawmakers are key for much of Trump’s domestic agenda

Larry Kaplow, NPR

February 25, 2025

Federal power only goes so far. State governors and legislatures have wide authority over local law enforcement, schools, health and how cities and counties handle immigration.

Filed Under: Health Care, NPR News, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Abortion, abortion rights, anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, deportations, gender-affirming care, Health Care, immigrants, Immigration, NPR, school vouchers, tnleg, tnpol, transgender, Trump Administration, undocumented immigrants, Vaccines

Listen: As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Tennessee’s ban on transgender healthcare, more families are leaving the state

Marianna Bacallao

December 3, 2024

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care is constitutional. Some families of transgender kids have left the state.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, gender-affirming care, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

Tennessee families and physicians urge SCOTUS to allow gender-affirming care

Marianna Bacallao

August 27, 2024

Transgender teens and their parents are urging the nation’s highest court to block a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for the state’s youth.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, ACLU, anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

As classes resume, a new Tennessee law requires schools to out transgender students

Alexis Marshall

August 8, 2024

It’s the first new school year since Tennessee passed a law requiring schools to out transgender students to their parents. Gov. Bill Lee signed the measure into law in May.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, Bill Lee, K-12, lgbtq, transgender

U.S. Supreme Court to hear gender-affirming care case from Tennessee

Marianna Bacallao

June 24, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about whether restrictions limiting gender-affirming care for minors are constitutional.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, gender-affirming care, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

An upcoming ruling will determine whether Tennessee’s anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ stays in place this school year

Marianna Bacallao

May 29, 2024

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Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is suing to defend Tennessee’s ban on transgender students using the bathroom that aligns with their gender.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, Attorney General, discrimination, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Title IX, transgender

Murfreesboro to pay $500,000 in settlement over its anti-LGBTQ ordinance

Marianna Bacallao

February 7, 2024

The City of Murfreesboro has settled in a lawsuit over its controversial policy on LGBTQ events.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, BoroPride, lgbt, lgbtq, Murfreesboro, Pride, Rutherford County

Tennessee families appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, petitioning for an end to the state’s gender-affirming care ban

Marianna Bacallao

November 1, 2023

Two people wrapped in a pride flag attend a vigil Nashville for the victims of a mass shooting at an LGBT+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Nov. 19, 2022.

Families of transgender teens in Tennessee are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state law that bans gender-affirming care for minors.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, ACLU, anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

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