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Federal judge rules Tenn. drag ban is unconstitutional

U. S. District Court Judge Thomas L. Parker of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee declared Tennessee’s anti-drag Adult Entertainment Act to be unconstitutional. Parker’s...

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Anti-LGBTQ laws, drag bans loom over Pride celebrations

Anti-LGBTQ and anti-drag laws that Republican governors have signed have prompted Pride organizers to reconsider or even cancel their events this year. The Bozanich Photography Collaborative, which...

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Federal judge blocks Tennessee ban on trans youth healthcare

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming healthcare care for trans youth up to age 18 while several families’ legal challenge against the law proceeds in...

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Vanderbilt University sued for sending records on gender affirming care to...

Two transgender patients have filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt University Medical Center for sharing their health records with the office of Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in...

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Tenn. could lose billions in federal funds over anti-transgender laws

By the time North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law the repeal of House Bill 2, also known as the “Bathroom Bill,” in 2017 it was estimated that the state had lost up to $3.5 billion in...

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Civil rights probe targets Vanderbilt as trans patients sue hospital for...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is cooperating with an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Civil Rights, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed on...

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Three House jokers introduce bill to end D.C. Home Rule

I had to laugh when I read three members of Congress (complete fools) introduced a bill to end Home Rule in D.C. Obviously, they felt comfortable telling 700,000 people they couldn’t run their own...

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Olivia Hill elected as first openly transgender official in Tenn.

Voters in Nashville and surrounding Davidson County made history Thursday as Olivia Hill won an at-large seat on the Metro Council, making her the first openly transgender official elected to public...

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Saving democracy for LGBTQ America

There is an existential question confronting millions of LGBTQ Americans: How can we help ensure that America’s democracy, the source of our past and future progress, continues? Will our democracy...

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Legislation to ban LGBTQ Pride flags introduced in Florida & Tennessee

Republican lawmakers in Florida and Tennessee have introduced measures that if passed, would ban the display of the LGBTQ Pride flag or other “political flags” from local and state government...

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