‘LGBTQ advocacy groups on Thursday condemned the state legislature’s approval of the two bills and urged Lee to veto them.
“These extremist lawmakers have intentionally made life harder and more dangerous for trans kids,” Cathryn Oakley, the state legislative director and senior counsel at the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement.
“Decisions about transgender medical care should be made between trans patients, their doctors, and their families,” Kasey Suffredini, vice president of advocacy and government affairs at The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide prevention group, said on Thursday. “Politicians have no business deciding these personal matters by enforcing blanket bans that defy professional guidance from every major medical and mental health association in the country.”
“We urge the governor to reject this harmful bill and, instead, work to expand access to best-practice medical care for young people across Tennessee,” Suffredini said.
The American Civil Liberties Union and its Tennessee affiliate, as well as the LGBTQ civil rights organization Lambda Legal, have pledged to sue the state if Lee signs either bill.
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Gender-affirming health care for transgender youth and adults is considered safe and medically necessary by most major medical organizations.’
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More government, bigger government at the expense of individual liberty by the neo-fascist authoritarian right.
“These extremist lawmakers have intentionally made life harder and more dangerous for trans kids,” Cathryn Oakley, the state legislative director and senior counsel at the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement.
“Decisions about transgender medical care should be made between trans patients, their doctors, and their families,” Kasey Suffredini, vice president of advocacy and government affairs at The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide prevention group, said on Thursday. “Politicians have no business deciding these personal matters by enforcing blanket bans that defy professional guidance from every major medical and mental health association in the country.”
“We urge the governor to reject this harmful bill and, instead, work to expand access to best-practice medical care for young people across Tennessee,” Suffredini said.
The American Civil Liberties Union and its Tennessee affiliate, as well as the LGBTQ civil rights organization Lambda Legal, have pledged to sue the state if Lee signs either bill.
[…]
Gender-affirming health care for transgender youth and adults is considered safe and medically necessary by most major medical organizations.’
Tennessee bans on drag shows, gender-affirming care head to governor
Tennessee is set to ban some drag performances as well as gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, after state House lawmakers sent both bills to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for fin…
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More government, bigger government at the expense of individual liberty by the neo-fascist authoritarian right.
