Sixth Circuit upholds anti-trans law, but ‘chilling effect’ decreased access months earlier
By Ian Round
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Updated: July 12, 2023 4:00 AM CT
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Jace Wilder, education manager at the Tennessee Equality Project, said big institutions like Vanderbilt University Medical Center are “not speaking out” and have “gone silent” regarding the ban on gender-affirming care for minors. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
This weekend’s ruling, allowing SB1 to take effect, isn’t what made gender-affirming care inaccessible for many people. That care had become less accessible in Tennessee — even for trans adults — since the bill was introduced in the General Assembly in November, before the legislative session even began.
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