Tennessee gov signs transgender bathroom bill for schools
JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that puts public schools and their districts at risk of losing civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that do not reflect their gender at birth.
LGBTQ advocates have decried the legislation as discriminatory.
The Republican governor signed the bill Friday, cementing another policy into law this year in Tennessee that targets the transgender community. Numerous anti-transgender measures have advanced recently in GOP-led statehouses across the country, including in Texas, Alabama and Arkansas.
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As a trans man from Tennessee, right now I am devastated and I am scared.
There are currently 10 bills moving through the Tennessee legislature, or that have passed, that directly target the rights of LGBT youth, especially trans people.
Some of the bills make gender-affirming healthcare even more difficult to access and some determine bathroom usage.
One that keeps trans kids out of children’s sports was just signed into law. These bills are popping up around the country, along with a surge in anti-trans rhetoric being spread online.
It is clear to me that people who write and support bills that hurt trans people have no education on what it actually means to be transgender.