Tennessee Governor Signs Bill to Prohibit Gender-Confirming Treatment for Minors

Tennessee Governor Signs Bill to Prohibit Gender-Confirming Treatment for Minors
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee takes part in a discussion on state-level criminal justice reform in Nashville, Tenn., on April 17, 2019. Mark Humphrey/AP Photo
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Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday signed legislation that prohibits gender-confirming treatment for children that want to change their gender, the latest in a chain of new laws in the state that transgender advocates have argued are discriminatory.

The move makes Tennessee just the second state to enact such a ban after Arkansas approved a similar version earlier this year over a veto from Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

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