Tennessee Judge Extends Temporary Block on Anti-Drag Law
The judge had issued the original block last Friday only hours before the law was to take effect.
April 5, 2023
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The judge had issued the original block last Friday only hours before the law was to take effect.
Gov. Bill Lee has signed the bill, which the Human Rights Campaign calls "offensive and humiliating."
The White House press secretary blasted Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for signing a bill restricting drag performances.
Legislators have passed a bill and sent it to Gov. Bill Lee (pictured), and they're also moving toward restrictions on drag shows.
The new legislation signed by Gov. Bill Lee is the fifth anti-LGBTQ+ measure he's signed this year.
The legislation signed by GOP Gov. Bill Lee restricts drag performances and prohibits certain gender-affirming care.
Gov. Bill Lee (pictured) signed a bill to this effect into law Monday, requiring parental notification regarding lessons that deal with sexual orientation or gender idenity.
The bill, now signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee, lets faith-based agencies receive public funds even if they discriminate and protects them from lawsuits.
The measure signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee lets the state withhold a portion of funding from schools that don't comply.
Gov. Bill Lee must now decide whether to sign or veto the measure. Meanwhile, Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a ban on sexual and gender diversity training.
The Human Rights Campaign is running a full-page ad with Gov. Bill Lee in drag and holding a rally in response to legislation banning gender-affirming care for youth and restricting drag shows.
If the high court takes up the case, it would be the first one it hears on gender-affirming care.
The ban "is inimical to equality and equal dignity before the law," the American Bar Association's brief says.
The measure denies trans students access to multi-user facilities aligning with their gender identity, and if anyone encounters a trans person there, they can sue.
The state capitol currently features a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a KKK member and Confederate general who oversaw the killings of hundreds of Black soldiers.
A bill advancing in the state would require businesses with trans-inclusive restroom policies to post "humiliating" signs.
The new law signed Friday builds on existing anti-trans laws in the state.
The state leads the nation in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, "making it increasingly hostile and unlivable" for LGBTQ+ people, says the Human Rights Campaign.
It comes as more harmful bills are signed into law -- a discriminatory "religious refusals" bill in Arkansas and an anti-transgender sports bill in Tennessee.
Will Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota (pictured) break with his fellow Republicans to veto homophobic and transphobic bills?
The picture appearing to be Bill Lee in drag in 1977 surfaced on Reddit over the weekend.