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A proposal in Tennessee that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex” is headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his approval.
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 18. Both sides in the case claim they are acting to protect minors from harm.
In July, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Friends group did not have standing to sue because of the law because its performances were not “harmful to minors.”
Alderman Don Lowry is asking the Millington Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to take action against Chamber Executive Director Terry Roland because of a dispute with USA Stadium Directing Manager Kevin Kennedy.
The nation’s highest court has agreed to review a lawsuit that argues a Tennessee law blocking anyone under 18 from receiving transgender-related health care is discriminatory.
Although the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a similar bill in March, both houses would have to approve such a bill before it could head to the governor for his signature.
The bill would prevent public and charter schools from flying any flags except those permitted under the measure. The bill’s sponsor said the measure is meant to prevent schools from flying the LGBTQ+ pride flag.
“We kind of have a volume problem,” OUTMemphis executive director Molly Quinn said of the at least 18 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly this year.
Three lawsuits in Tennessee are testing the extent to which courts will protect transgender rights against a state legislature and executive branch that have aggressively sought to roll those rights back.
“I wish you could understand what these kids go through, what it’s like to be forced to live in the wrong body,” one Memphis physician told lawmakers.
Cancellation of MoSH’s family-friendly drag show falls in line with national trend of far-right fringe groups reacting to broader LGBTQ acceptance in society.
The USDA announced last month it could stop funding food aid organizations that discriminate on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.
Events began Thursday night and continue through Sunday.
This is not the first time Memphis in May has chosen to honor a country with a questionable record on human rights.
“I’ve heard a lot that Tennessee just isn’t the place for us,” said state Rep. Torrey Harris, one of two openly gay members of the General Assembly. “And I’m trying not to get to the place where I believe the same thing.”
This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.
“I’m coming out,” 74-year-old Herschel Gilbreath says of his decision to come out as a gay man during a celebration Saturday at OUTMemphis.
Members of the LGBTQ community in the Mid-South gathered for Pride Fest in Robert Church Park. Along with a parade down Beale Street, the festival paired entertainment with information pertinent to participants.
The global governing body of the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its position on traditional marriage, including prohibition on ordaining LGBTQ+ people as pastors and prohibiting LGBTQ+ people from being married in the church. "This decision has caused much despair among people I love and respect," a pastor writes.
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