Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday
gave their final approval to legislation criminalizing adults who help
minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, clearing
the way for the first-in-the-nation proposal to be sent to Gov. Bill Lee’s
desk for his signature.

The bill mirrors almost the same language from a so-called “anti-abortion
trafficking” proposal Tennessee Republican lawmakers approved just a day
prior. In that version, supporters are hoping to stop adults from helping
young people obtain abortions without permission from their parents or
guardians.

Lee, a Republican, hasn’t publicly commented on either bill but supporters
are confident the governor will sign them into law. Lee eagerly approved
both the state’s sweeping abortion ban and the state’s ban on gender-
affirming care for children. He has also never issued a veto during his
time as governor.

While the Republican supermajority touted the proposed statutes necessary
to protect parental rights, critics warned about the possible broad
application. Violations could range from talking to an adolescent about a
website on where to find care to helping that young person travel to
another state with looser restrictions on gender-affirming care services.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, Tennessee has enacted more anti-
LGBTQ+ laws more than any other state since 2015, identifying more than 20
bills that advanced out of the Legislature over the past few months.

This includes sending Gov. Lee a bill to ban spending state money on
hormone therapy or sex reassignment procedures for inmates — though it
would not apply to state inmates currently receiving hormone therapy — and
requiring public school employees to out transgender students to their
parents.

Tennessee Republicans also passed a measure that would allow LGBTQ+ foster
children to be placed with families that hold anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs. Lee
signed the bill into law earlier this month.

“Tennessee lawmakers are on the verge of enacting more than twice as many
anti-LGBTQ+ laws as any other state, a staggering assault on their own
constituents,” Human Rights Campaign Senior Director of Legal Policy
Cathryn Oakley said in a statement.

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Lee, a Republican, hasn't publicly commented on either bill but supporters
are confident the governor will sign them into law. Lee eagerly approved
both the state's sweeping abortion ban and the state's ban on gender-
affirming care for children. He has also never issued a veto during his
time as governor.

Some say Tennessee lawmakers want the children to themselves so they can sell
them. Check with Matt Gaetz about details.

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