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6 days ago

GOP bill would make it optional to respect trans teachers' honorifics - LGBTQ Nation

A Tennessee bill would allow students to use non-preferred honorifics for trans and nonbinary teachers, raising concerns about respect and identity in education.
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fromAdvocate.com
2 weeks ago

Tennessee Republicans advance bill targeting what students can call transgender educators

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit schools from requiring students to use transgender teachers' preferred honorifics, expanding existing restrictions on pronoun usage.
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2 weeks ago

Tennessee GOP advances bill that would create public list of trans residents

House Bill 754 is put forward as a measure to make insurance companies that cover gender-affirming care also provide coverage for "detransition procedures", it goes much further, mandating the collection of sensitive details from providers including patient treatment timelines, prescription or surgery information, a patient's location data, and a patient's age and biological sex.
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fromReadWrite
2 weeks ago

Tennessee bill advances against sweepstakes online casinos

HB1885 serves as the House companion to Senate Bill 2136, which has already cleared key stages in the Tennessee Senate. If the legislation ultimately becomes law, it would expand the state's ability to investigate and pursue companies running sweepstakes-style online casino platforms and other illegal internet gambling operations.
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fromHoodline
4 weeks ago

Nashville Plan To Tax Digital Ads For Universal PreK Stalls

Tennessee's universal pre-K bill failed in committee due to concerns over a $382 million annual cost, classroom capacity shortages, and a controversial digital advertising tax funding mechanism.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago
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Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Tennessee lawmakers are advancing at least 13 bills that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights across employment, healthcare, marriage, libraries, and Pride celebrations, with advocates warning of a legislative crisis.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
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GOP lawmaker introduces bills he hopes will overturn marriage & antidiscrimination rights - LGBTQ Nation

Tennessee Rep. Gino Bulso filed bills seeking to overturn Obergefell and Bostock, exclude LGBTQ protections, and ban Pride flags on state property.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Tennessee lawmakers are advancing at least 13 bills that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights across employment, healthcare, marriage, libraries, and Pride celebrations, with advocates warning of a legislative crisis.
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fromReadWrite
1 month ago

Tennessee moves bill against illegal sweepstakes

Tennessee Senate Bill 2136 advances to tighten enforcement against illegal online gambling and sweepstakes by granting the attorney general civil enforcement authority and strengthening consumer protections.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Tennessee Republicans pass law that singles out same-sex couples that marry for discrimination - LGBTQ Nation

Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-sex wedding. Opponents of the bill say that, if it passes, hospitals, banks, and other businesses could refuse to accept same-sex couples as clients or patients.
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