Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is suing to defend Tennessee’s ban on transgender students using the bathroom that aligns with their gender.
Tennessee sues over federal rule enshrining protections for transgender students
Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined five other states Tuesday in seeking to block the new regulations before they take effect in August.
LGBTQ foster kids do not have to be placed in accepting homes under new Tennessee law
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a law confirming that parents with anti-LGBTQ views are allowed to foster and adopt queer kids. The law comes after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule requiring LGBTQ foster kids to be placed in supportive environments.
Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation
The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, and in response to the association’s investigation of University of Tennessee. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee […]
Moms sued for the right to hold up signs in the TN House. A new proposal would take that option away.
From a sign ban during the fall’s special legislative session, to this session’s new ticketing process, spectators have taken issue with Tennessee statehouse rules made behind closed doors. Now, a new proposal could eliminate one of the only avenues that constituents have for recourse: the courts.
Tennessee’s Attorney General challenges federal proposal to require supportive environments for LGBTQ foster kids
Tennessee’s attorney general is leading 16 other states in opposing a federal proposal that would require LGBTQ foster kids be placed with families or facilities that are supportive of their identities.
Tennessee families appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, petitioning for an end to the state’s gender-affirming care ban
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.
Transgender youth in Tennessee will not be able to access gender-affirming care, federal court rules
Transgender youth in Tennessee will not be able to access gender-affirming care for the foreseeable future.
Signs will be allowed in the Tennessee House, after being banned during the special legislative session
A legal challenge to a controversial statehouse rule has been settled.