Advocates have pushed back to say that plain language of the law does not require the state to take into account the child’s own wishes
U.S. Senate Finance Committee says GOP attorneys general of Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, & Texas used "abusive legal demands"
The bill was passed alongside an abortion bill that would make it illegal for adults to help minors obtain abortions without parental consent
The bill may allow parents to adopt or foster LGBTQ+ kids and put them through conversion therapy, according to advocacy organizations
Republicans control both chambers of the state house & have been advancing what Tennessee Equality Project called a “slate of hate” bills
A measure that would allow officiants to decline to perform weddings, passed the Tennessee Senate without debate along party lines
Blair ran her 2022 campaign as a conservative supporting parent choice and with criticism of perceived "social agendas" in public education
Latest effort to ban Pride flags leads to the possibility Tenn. could be one of the first states to ban political flags in all public schools
Republican lawmakers in Florida and Tennessee have introduced measures that if passed, would ban the display of the LGBTQ Pride flag
Today, women are being treated like second-class citizens: we are less than men with no control over our own bodies