Whitney Hermandorfer has the led the Tennessee AG’s Strategic Litigation Unit, where she defended the state’s near-total abortion ban.
A new anti-transgender bathroom bill in Tennessee is headed to the governor’s desk
Tennessee’s Republican governor may sign a proposal that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex.” The Republican-dominant Senate easily cleared the legislation last week over objections of LGBTQ+ activists and the chamber’s handful of Democratic members.
Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case
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.
From deportations to health care, state lawmakers are key for much of Trump’s domestic agenda
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.
Under Trump, DOJ withdraws support for transgender youth in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court
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.
Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
Individuals who say they have been denied care since he signed it last week filed a lawsuit in a Baltimore federal court on Tuesday. They’re joined by a group of families of LGBTQ+ people and a medical organization.
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people.
First transgender attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging Tennessee’s health care ban for minors
The issue of transgender rights animated the presidential campaign. Now it has made its way to the Supreme Court, and in more ways than one.
Listen: As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Tennessee’s ban on transgender healthcare, more families are leaving the state
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.
It took a lot for Jackie Shane to get her documentary due
A new film called “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story” captures Shane as a powerhouse R&B performer and a Black, trans woman who got her start in Nashville, then took the Toronto scene by storm in the 1960s. She eventually stopped performing, and no one knew where she was.
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