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Tennessee to track transgender patients, put trans women in male prisons

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed several bills legislating Tennessee’s LGBTQ community — and more on the way to his desk.

Bill to track transgender Tennesseans passes the House

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The state House passed legislation Thursday that would compile data on trans Tennesseans.

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

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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.

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

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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.

A new anti-transgender bathroom bill in Tennessee is headed to the governor’s desk

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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

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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

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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.

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