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Tennessee has enacted several other laws targeting LGBTQ+ individuals in this legislative session, including a measure permitting foster parents with anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs to care for LGBTQ+ children if they claim their religion is the reason for their homophobia or transphobia, and a bill prohibiting non-parental adults from taking transgender kids out of state for gender-affirming care, based on the false belief that teachers and other adults are influencing kids to become transgender. pronouns Parents now have the right to know if their child is using different bathrooms at school but do not have the right to know if their child's teachers are carrying firearms.

Advocates are concerned that LGBTQ+ foster children could be compelled to undergo conversion therapy.

The bill reverses the main idea of child welfare, which is that every decision should be in favor of the child's best interests.

Tennessee became the first state to protect its residents’ voice rights on Thursday when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the ELVIS Act, made to protect musicians from artificial intelligence duplication. “There are certainly many things that are positive about what AI does,” Lee said. “It also, when fallen into the hands of bad actors, it…

Tennessee Senate Republicans approved a bill that would reverse the changes made to policing procedures after the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols by police officers last year. The bill, which the Senate passed, had been backed by Statehouse Republicans for weeks. It is now on its way to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk. If he signs it, the bill would cancel the ordinance passed by…

Critics argue that the suggested legislation will result in more distress for LGBTQ+ foster children.

In a recent act that just baffles my mind, Tennesee, not one of the US brightest states, has passed a bill that makes it easier for virtually any creationist teacher to include religion in science class. They did this by including mythology in science classes to promote critical thinking. Now I wonder, do you think […]