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Tennesseans sought to remove hundreds of books from library shelves in 2023, many of them containing LGTBQ+ characters or themes. But some activists and librarians are fighting to keep them in circulation.
According to the Tennessee Equality Project, of the top nine books facing the most scrutiny in public and school libraries, seven contain LGBTQ themes or were written by LGBTQ authors.
The Campaign for Southern Equality hosted a town hall where families and transgender people could learn more about laws in the state targeting them.
Aly Chapman, East Tennessee chair of the Tennessee Equality Project and mother of a transgender child, talks with Rachel Maddow about Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti demanding and obtaining the private medical records of trans people in Tennessee as Republicans look for ways to make the lives of trans people miserable.
The Human Rights Campaign said Tennessee has passed more anti-LGBTQ+ laws than any other state in the country since 2015.