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Understanding Tennessee’s HB 2310/SB 2045: A Bill Designed to Restrict and Surveil Gender-Affirming Care
HB 2319/SB 2045 is designed to restrict and surveil gender-affirming care for adults in Tennessee. It would require that all gender-affirming care providers and insurance companies that cover gender-affirming care also cover so-called “detransition” care. It would also require gender-affirming care providers to report data about providers and patients to the Tennessee Department of Health, which would then be made public. The bill has not yet passed the House or Senate.
At the Statehouse: Bills we’re watching this month (March)
Tennessee Statehouse Bills we’re watching this month!
SB2118 / HB2498 | SB2031 / HB1872 | HB315 & HB1473
them: How Queer People Are Weathering the National Guard’s “Federal Occupation” of American Cities
From queer bars to mutual aid organizations, LGBTQ+ people across the country are coming together amidst the hostile climate.
Them article By Colleen Hamilton
The Wall Street Journal: Trump Tax Megalaw Upends Charitable Giving
A new federal tax law just passed, and it could reshape how people give to nonprofits.
Learn more from this Source, Trump Tax Megalaw Upends Charitable Giving: WSJ article
OUTMemphis' response to the Disheartening Supreme Court Decision: US v. Skrmetti
On June 18, 2025 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth—a law that puts a politician’s right to be cruel above what families and doctors decide.
