Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, has filed the first couple bills ahead of the next legislative session — and both are taking aim at the LGBTQ community.
GOP lawmakers propose ban on transgender healthcare for minors as first bill of 2023
The first proposed bill for Tennessee’s upcoming legislative session could ban gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee. Republican leaders in the statehouse released a draft of the legislation Wednesday.
Finding safe shelter for LGBTQ youth
A 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found that 28% of LGBTQ youth experienced homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives — even though they represent less than 10% of the population. So what is being done to help LGBTQ youth find a safe place to sleep for the night in Nashville?
Vanderbilt was never doing genital surgeries on minors but agrees to ‘pause’ other gender-affirming procedures
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has agreed to pause gender-affirming surgeries performed by its pediatric transgender health clinic, which has been under fire from Republican lawmakers. Vanderbilt has now responded to a letter signed by 62 GOP members of the Tennessee House of Representatives who demanded the clinic stop surgeries on minors.
Vanderbilt’s pediatric transgender health services are back online — with an update
The websites for both VUMC’s minor and adult clinics have been down, following attacks from a far-right podcaster and Republican elected officials.
Parents of trans teens in Tennessee have their own concerns about rushing treatment, but they fear losing the option
Conservatives are ramping up a campaign to end transgender care for minors in Tennessee. But the journey of one Nashville teenager in the midst of a gender transition shows just how painstaking the process already is.
Tennessee lawmakers push to end protections for LGBTQ students in state universities, as federal court case continues
The move comes after a federal court temporarily blocked new guidelines by the Biden Administration, which solidified LGBTQ inclusion under Title IX protections.
Tennessee’s anti-trans bathroom law is going back to court with new challengers
The Human Rights Campaign is taking a second shot at challenging Tennessee’s anti-trans bathroom law, more than a month after dismissing their first lawsuit.
Tennessee’s Congressional Republicans come out in opposition to marriage equality bill, which now heads to divided Senate
In an effort to enshrine gay marriage into law, Democrats passed the Respect for Marriage Act along with 47 House Republicans. But Tennessee’s seven GOP members were not among them.
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