Category: Tennessee
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Judge rules transgender health care ban unconstitutional
A Federal judge in Arkansas ruled against the state’s law banning transgender health care. A doctor who testified in the case, who has treated trans patients for 30 years, says,”It’s not just that someone learns that there are transgender or non-binary people in society and is contemplating that as an identity. It’s that they are…
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Kansas, Other States Threaten To Undo Legal Gender Changes; What To Do
Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, and Tennessee all have passed laws “defining sex” to exclude trans people. Now Kansas intends to revert all gender changes back legally. Here’s what you can do. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
A map of the risk for anti-trans laws. For Pride, America feels like it has cleaved into two countries – one which targets transgender people everywhere, and one that has taken huge protective steps. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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How extremists are exploiting transgender kids to undermine our free democracy
Here in Ohio and across the country, the promise of a representative legislative process has been shattered by anti-transgender extremists’ misinformation and censorship. Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Tennessee AG seeks patient referrals, doctor records in broad VUMC transgender clinic inquiry
New records filed in federal court outline the information the Attorney General’s Office is seeking from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Those documents extend beyond patient medical records. Rating: Transneutral, Tennessean, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Vanderbilt University turns over transgender patients’ medical records to Tennessee AG’s office
Rating: Transneutral, Daily Mail, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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May Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas – one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin In The Morning, May 20, 2023 (PDF archive)
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What states are restricting transgender health care
Politicians in red states are placing new limits on gender-affirming care for transgender people, creating a patchwork of sanctions on health providers who offer such services and limits on access. Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, May 17, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Trans journalist Erin Reed on fighting anti-LGBTQ+ hate and working at the coalface of transphobia
Independent journalist Erin Reed might be one of the busiest legislative trackers of the year. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, May 9, 2023 (PDF archive)