LGBT News Tennessee Legislator Withdraws Anti-Trans Bill

BradThePug · Apr 19, 2016

With only a few days to go before Tennessee’s state legislature adjourns, the sponsor of the anti-trans HB 2414 withdrew it, ending its chances of moving forward this year. The bill would have forced trans K-12 and college students into restrooms that don’t match their gender.

The Tennessee legislature had determined that enforcing the bill could cost taxpayers over a million dollars—and that’s not even counting the $1.3 billion in federal education money that could have been withdrawn. Last week, the state’s own attorney general warned that if the bill were enacted, public schools and colleges who implement the law would be violating Title IX, the federal nondiscrimination law that requires schools to treat trans students according to their gender identity, and could lose its Title IX funding. Meanwhile, mayors from around the state, prominent actors and musicians in Nashville, and major companies lined up to urge legislators to reject this harmful and discriminatory bill.
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LGBT News Tennessee Legislator Withdraws Anti-Trans Bill

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