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ACLU-TN Statement on Halt of Bill Allowing Misgendering of Transgender Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2022 CONTACT Lindsay Kee, 615-320-7142 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today the Senate Finance, Ways, and [...]
ACLU-TN's statement on a bill allowing school employees to misgender trans students passing the Tennessee House.
ACLU-TN urged Gov. Lee to veto the bill that would criminalize unhoused people by making sleeping on any public property a felony.
ACLU-TN statement on passage of legislation preventing transgender athletes from competing.
ACLU-TN statement on "obscenity" bill being sent to summer study, effectively killing the legislation.
We sent a letter urging the governor to veto SB 2290/HB 2670, which would chill discussions about race, gender, and LGBTQ issues in Tennessee’s public colleges and universities.
TRANScend Tennessee is ACLU-TN's new statewide initiative to educate the general public about trans lives in Tennessee, to support and empower transgender Tennesseans, and to change the public narrative about what it means to be transgender in this state.
After more than 37 years as ACLU-TN executive director, Hedy Weinberg announced that she is stepping down.
A bill that would have prohibited gender-affirming health care for trans minors was sent to a general subcommittee, stopping it from proceeding any further this year.
Our statement on the bill targeting so-called “obscene” materials in public school libraries.
