Tennessee

Advocacy organizations said the decision “ignored the extensive evidence from the actual medical experts.”

It seems so, especially considering that Republicans are already doing so at the state level.

He wanted to shut down the queens, but his little plan backfired.

He claims a federal ruling against the state’s drag ban doesn’t apply to his county.

The law is part of the right-wing movement to protect white kids from feeling guilt about the country’s racist past.

The families say the law will force their kids to detransition, putting their health at risk.

“These books aren’t dangerous. Your rhetoric is dangerous. Your proposed policies are dangerous.”

The former reality TV star relentlessly insulted a critic and said trans people want to “convert” children.

The law forces trans kids to de-transition.

“I would like you to scream so loud that Governor Bill Lee can hear you,” out rocker Julien Baker told the crowd.

Devastated plaintiffs argued that the policy forces trans people “to out themselves.”

Parents and children are terrified.

“It’s imperative that I speak my truth for not only myself, but in hopes to change hearts, minds, and laws.”

The judge ruled that the drag ban’s purpose was to violate “constitutionally-protected speech” and overturned it.

The administration even apologized to the hate group and cancelled the book-reading.

Festival organizers in some states are re-thinking and in some cases canceling events.

While celebrities have spoken out against the ban, local queens and kings are playing the long game.

The out pop star defied Tennessee’s anti-drag law at her Nashville performance.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state, saying that the law violates transgender people’s Equal Protection rights.

A Nashville business stepped in to help.