Tennessee

Watered down ‘indecent exposure’ bill passes in Tennessee. It still endangers trans people.

Lawmakers removed elements targeting transgender people, but the trans community isn’t out of the woods just yet.

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He put a gay man in the hospital for flirting & bragged about it online. A judge put him in prison.

After Wiley violently assaulted a gay man, he bragged about the attack on social media and sent people selfies of himself covered in the victim's blood.

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Taylor Swift made a major donation to an LGBTQ group to fight Tennessee’s ‘slate of hate’ laws

She told the LGBTQ org that she is "so inspired by the work you do" and sent them a large check.

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Iconic civil rights institution burned down in possible white supremacist attack

In 2010, the Highlander Center hosted a retreat for LGBTQ activists. A couple of months later, the organization GetEQUAL was formed.

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Tennessee Republicans pass bill to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against gay couples

Despite opposition by clergy and business leaders from around the state, Republicans forced through a measure meant to give Christians a license to discriminate.

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This rural high school athlete is going to prom with his former teammate

"We couldn’t believe that we had been on a team together for three years and not realized we were meant to be. I knew that night that I wanted to spend the rest of my life…

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Religious leaders are coming out in droves to oppose Tennessee’s proposed anti-LGBTQ laws

"We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness," the statement reads.

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Proposed Tennessee law would make it a crime for trans people to use the locker room

The state would classify it as "indecent exposure."

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A celebrity baker is stepping up after a lesbian couple was denied a wedding cake

The celebrity baker says the women can have "anything they want" for their wedding cake.

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A baker turned away a lesbian couple because of her ‘spiritual conviction’

The baker told the lesbians: "I do love you in The Lord!"

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