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LGBTQ Tennesseans are fleeing the state. Hear from those who chose to stay

Marianna Bacallao

July 7, 2025

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Anti-LGBTQ legislation passed in Tennessee has life-long natives leaving their home state for bluer pastures. But others are determined to stay.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: General Assembly, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, SCOTUS, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

Trans kids in half of U.S. states cannot get gender-affirming care as SCOTUS upholds Tennessee’s ban

Marianna Bacallao

June 18, 2025

Transgender kids in nearly half of all U.S. states will not be able to access gender-affirming care after Wednesday’s landmark Supreme Court decision.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, SCOTUS, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

Under Trump, DOJ withdraws support for transgender youth in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court

Marianna Bacallao

February 8, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice notified the high court Friday that the U.S. is now backing the state of Tennessee and its ban on care.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics Tagged With: ACLU, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

Nashville’s airport could become ‘Trump International’ under new bill

Marianna Bacallao

January 17, 2025

The proposal from Rep. Todd Warner comes two years after statehouse Republican clashed with Nashville over control of its Airport Authority Board.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, BNA, Donald Trump, General Assembly, John Lewis, legislature, Nashville International Airport, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Warner, Zulfat Suara

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

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

How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5

Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica

January 11, 2024

A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, General Assembly, legislature, ProPublica, state legislature, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Legislature, tennessee state legislature, tnleg

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

Transgender youth in Tennessee will not be able to access gender-affirming care, federal court rules

Marianna Bacallao

September 28, 2023

Transgender youth in Tennessee will not be able to access gender-affirming care for the foreseeable future.

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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