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Sixth Circuit upholds anti-trans law, but ‘chilling effect’ decreased access months earlier
 
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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)
 

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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