2023 News Archive – East Tennessee LGBTQ+ History Project

Three reasons why Tennessee should not ban gender affirming care for minors | Opinion, The Tennessean, February 13, 2023

Demonstrators gather in downtown Knoxville to back LGBTQ rights, KNS, February 13, 2023

Bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth passes TN Senate with promises of lawsuit, WKRN, February 13, 2023

Tennessee Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, WATE, February 13, 2023

Knox Pride protests LGBTQ+ bills, WBIR (video), February 13, 2023

Demonstrators gather in downtown Knoxville to back LGBTQ rights, KNS, February 13, 2023

Human Rights Campaign Condemns Tennessee Senate for Passing Gender Affirming Care Ban, HRC, February 13, 2023

Tennessee closes in on trans youth care ban; lawsuit pledged, ABCnews, February 13, 2023

Rural Tennessee county jumps into drag show debate with new park rules, The Tennessean, February 14, 2023

Bill would ban companies that offer trans care from TennCare, Johnson City Press, February 14, 2023

Hundreds protest bill that would ban public drag performances in Tennessee, NewsChannel5, February 14, 2023

Bill would ban companies that offer trans care from TennCare, AP, February 14, 2023

LGBTQ advocates protest, sing Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ as Tennessee House pushes anti-drag bill forward, Oak Ridger, February 14, 2023

Minority groups take to Capitol Hill, protesting bills they believe target Black, Brown, LGBTQ+ people, WKRN, February 14, 2023

‘A public health crisis’: What state’s rejection of HIV funds could mean for Shelby County, Commercial Appeal, February 14, 2023

Local LGBTQ+ group reacts to state bill restricting drag shows, WJHL, February 15, 2023

Advocates protest Ky. legislation they say harms LGBTQ communi ty, WVLT, February 15, 2023

Bill would ban companies that offer trans care from TennCare, WATE, February 15, 2023

TriPride will continue even if Tennessee drag show restrictions become law, WCYB, February 15, 2023

LGBTQ advocates protest, sing Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ as Tennessee House pushes anti-drag bill forward, The Tennessean, February 15, 2023

Rally held to protest bills targeting LGBTQ community, WSMV (Nashville), February 15, 2023

Tennessee’s LGBTQ Community Rallies as State Pushes Forward on Banning Drag Shows in Public, Rolling Stone, February 15, 2023

‘Because others can’t leave’: Inside the fight for transgender rights in Tennessee, WPLN, February 16, 2023

States’ push to define sex decried by some as “erasing” trans people, Chattanooga Free TImes Press, February 16, 2023

Black Americans are split on trans and nonbinary issues, report finds, Local3News (Chattanooga), February 23, 2023

Tennessee bill filed after drag show controversy advances in General Assembly, The Tennessean, February 1, 2023

Bill that would limit gender care for minors moves forward in Tennessee, News Channel 5, February 7, 2023

LGBTQ Agenda: Artists and others speak out as three states introduce bills that would criminalize drag, LocalToday, February 7, 2023

Bill that would limit gender care for minors continues to move forward in Tennessee, NewsChannel5, February 7, 2023

Interfaith coalition: End political hate speech against LGBTQIA+ residents | Opinion, KNS, February 7, 2023

GOP, Dems clash on parental involvement, LGBTQ students at year’s first Education hearing, WATE, February 8, 2023

At least 9 GOP-led state legislatures want to restrict or criminalize drag shows, NPR, February 8, 2023

Ky. GOP lawmakers propose bills on how LGBTQ topics should be handled in schools, WSMV, February 8, 2023

Tennessee Senate passes bill on ‘male and female impersonators’ amid drag show debate, The Tennessean, February 8, 2023

GOP, Democrats clash on parental involvement, LGBTQ students at year’s first Education hearing, WATE, February 8, 2023

Knox Pride will cancel 2023 festival and parade if Tennessee’s drag bill becomes law, KNS, February 9, 2023

Bill that would restrict drag shows passes Tennessee Senate, ABC News, February 9, 2023

Memphis drag queen sounds off after bill restricting drag performances passes Tennessee Senate, ABC News, February 9, 2023

Tennessee Senate OKs bill that would restrict locations of drag show s, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 9, 2023

Bill to restrict drag shows in Tennessee passes, Fox 13 Memphis, February 9, 2023

Spurred on by conservatives’ fears, Tennessee turns down federal funds to fight HIV/AIDS, Baptist News Global, February 9, 2023

Bill That Would Restrict Drag Shows Passes Tennessee Senate, USNews, February 9, 2023

Knox Pride will cancel 2023 festival and parade if Tennessee’s drag bill becomes law, KNS, February 9, 2023

Bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors advances in both Tennessee House and Senate, Tennessee Lookout, February 9, 2023

LGBTQ groups say Biden missed chance to denounce attacks in State of the Union, The Hill, February 9, 2023

Daily Wire attacks on Vanderbilt University Medical Center cost Tennessee residents federal HIV prevention funding, Media Matters, February 9, 2023

Knox Pride Festival to be cancelled if drag show bill becomes law, WATE, February 9, 2023

Knox Pride responds to drag show bill, WBIR, February 9, 2023

Bill to potentially criminalize certain drag shows easily passes Senate on party-line vote, WATE, February 9, 2023

Tenn. Senate passes bill criminalizing public drag performances, WTVY, February 9, 2023 (Dothan, AL)

U.S. House GOP preps for debates on ‘parents’ rights’, school vouchers and transgender athletes, Tenneessee Lookout, February 9, 2023

Republicans file bill to codify the term ‘sex’ as how you were born, WATE, February 9, 2023

Bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors advances in both Tennessee House and Senate, WKMS, February 10, 2023

East TN nonprofit named a state ‘HIV/AIDS Center of Excellence’, WBIR, February 10, 2023

Proposal to restrict drag shows in Tennessee advances in state Senate, The Hill, February 10, 2023

Tennessee Senate passes bill on ‘male and female impersonators’ amid drag show debate, The Tennessean, February 10, 2023

Trans Emergent, Trans Erased: The Right’s Plan for Our Future in Americ a, Daily KOS, February 10, 2023

Proposal to restrict drag shows in Tennessee advances in state Senate, AOL,

Tennessee Bill To Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Advances , Patch, February 10, 2023

Republicans File Covert Bills Targeting Transgender Community | Pith in the Wind, Nashville Scene, February 10, 2023

GOP lawmakers escalate fight against gender-affirming care with bills seeking to expand the scope of bans KTEN, February 11, 2023

Knox Pride Festival threatens to cancel if bill that could outlaw drag in public places becomes law, CNN, February 11, 2023

‘War on queer people’ | Crowd gathers for rally against anti-LGBTQ bills in Tennessee, WBIR, February 13, 2023

Sen. Jack Johnson: Why we seek to prohibit gender affirming care for minors | Opinion, The Tennessean, February 13, 2023

Three reasons why Tennessee should not ban gender affirming care for minors | Opinion, The Tennessean, February 13, 2023

Demonstrators gather in downtown Knoxville to back LGBTQ rights, KNS, February 13, 2023

Bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth passes TN Senate with promises of lawsuit, WKRN, February 13, 2023

Tennessee Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, WATE, February 13, 2023

Knox Pride protests LGBTQ+ bills, WBIR (video), February 13, 2023

Demonstrators gather in downtown Knoxville to back LGBTQ rights, KNS, February 13, 2023

Human Rights Campaign Condemns Tennessee Senate for Passing Gender Affirming Care Ban, HRC, February 13, 2023

Tennessee closes in on trans youth care ban; lawsuit pledged, ABCnews, February 13, 2023

Rural Tennessee county jumps into drag show debate with new park rules, The Tennessean, February 14, 2023

Bill would ban companies that offer trans care from TennCare, Johnson City Press, February 14, 2023

Hundreds protest bill that would ban public drag performances in Tennessee, NewsChannel5, February 14, 2023

Bill would ban companies that offer trans care from TennCare, AP, February 14, 2023

LGBTQ advocates protest, sing Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ as Tennessee House pushes anti-drag bill forward, Oak Ridger, February 14, 2023

Minority groups take to Capitol Hill, protesting bills they believe target Black, Brown, LGBTQ+ people, WKRN, February 14, 2023

‘A public health crisis’: What state’s rejection of HIV funds could mean for Shelby County, Commercial Appeal, February 14, 2023

Local LGBTQ+ group reacts to state bill restricting drag shows, WJHL, February 15, 2023

Advocates protest Ky. legislation they say harms LGBTQ communi ty, WVLT, February 15, 2023

Bill would ban companies that offer trans care from TennCare, WATE, February 15, 2023

TriPride will continue even if Tennessee drag show restrictions become law, WCYB, February 15, 2023

LGBTQ advocates protest, sing Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ as Tennessee House pushes anti-drag bill forward, The Tennessean, February 15, 2023

Rally held to protest bills targeting LGBTQ community, WSMV (Nashville), February 15, 2023

Tennessee’s LGBTQ Community Rallies as State Pushes Forward on Banning Drag Shows in Public, Rolling Stone, February 15, 2023

‘Because others can’t leave’: Inside the fight for transgender rights in Tennessee, WPLN, February 16, 2023

States’ push to define sex decried by some as “erasing” trans people, Chattanooga Free Times Press, February 16, 2023

As State Legislation Targets the LGBTQ Community, Pride Celebrations Adapt, Nashville Scene, February 21, 2023

State Lawmakers Want to Ban Health Insurance for Trans Care, Daily Beast, February 22, 2023

Equality groups say cabaret permit bill targets LGBTQ community, WKRN, February 22, 2023

More American adults are identifying as LGBT, NewsChannel5, February 22, 2023

Republicans Are Trying to Ban Drag Shows Now, VICE, February 22, 2023

State Lawmakers Want to Ban Health Insurance for Trans Care, YahooNews, February 22, 2023

Black Americans are split on trans and nonbinary issues, report finds, Local3News (Chattanooga), February 23, 2023

‘I thought better of Tennessee’ Knox Pride dismayed after drag, trans bills passed, WATE, February 23, 2023

Knox Pride responds to bills moving forward, WBIR (video), February 23, 2023

Tennessee takes lead in Republican effort to restrict drag shows, Reuters, February 23, 2023

Tennessee just became first US state to ban drag shows in chilling blow for LGBTQ+ rights, Pink News, February 23, 2023

Controversial changes to drag shows near after TN House passes bill, WVLT, February 23, 2023

Opponents, advocates in Chattanooga react to TN House banning some drag shows, surgeries, News Channel 9, February 23, 2023

TN bill that bans some gender-affirming care for minors advances through House, WBIR, Tennessee, February 23, 2023

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk, San Francisco Chronicle, February 23, 2023

Tennessee Becomes the First State to Pass a Ban on Drag Shows, The New Republic, February 23, 2023

Tennessee governor to weigh anti-queer bill that seeks to ban drag shows from public spaces, Daily KOS, February 23, 2023

Giant cookies support Knoxville’s LGBTQ community, and now Mama Bear Sweet Treats branches out, KNS, February 22, 2023

Tennessee has passed a ban on gender-affirming health care for trans kids. The bill’s exceptions may only exist on paper, WPLN, February 23, 2023

Tennessee House passes controversial drag show bill, The Tennessean, February 23, 2023

Tennessee House Passes Bill Prohibiting Drag Shows in Presence of Minors, National Review, February 23, 2023

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk, WSMV, February 23, 2023

Rally Scheduled For LGBTQ Community Following Passage of Tennessee Drag Bill, Memphis Flyer, February 23, 2023

Tennessee Passes Drag Ban in Terrifying Attempt To Legislate the Gender Binary Into Existence, The Mary Jane, February 23, 2023

Tennessee is one-step closer to criminalizing public drag shows, Los Angeles Blade, February 23, 2023

The Trevor Project Condemns Passage of Anti-Transgender Medical Care Ban in Tennessee House, The Trevor Project, February 23, 2023

Tennessee Moves To Ban Drag Shows In Public Areas, HuffPost, February 23, 2023

Tennessee, Mississippi GOP Move to Ban ‘Lifesaving’ Healthcare for Trans Youth, Common Dreams, February 23, 2023

Tennessee House passes bill that would ban drag shows on public property, WBIR, February 23, 2023

Republican states target drag performers, Washington Blade, February 23, 2023

Tri-Cities LGBTQ community speaks out against bill, WJHL, February 23, 2023

Tennessee bills targeting LGBTQ+ approach passage, AXIOS, February 23,. 2023

Tennessee law restricting drag is the 1st of many such proposed bills in the U.S., CBC (Canada), February 23, 2023

Tennessee bans on drag shows, gender-affirming care head to governor, The Hill, February 23, 2023

Tennessee bill banning gender-affirming care passes legislature, heads to Gov. Lee’s desk, News Channel 9, February 23, 2023

Tennessee bill banning transgender youth surgeries, procedures headed to Gov. Lee’s desk, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 23, 2023

Tennessee’s legislature gives trans youth 1 year to detransition, LGBTQNation, February 23, 2023

Tennessee Republicans Vote to Make Drag Shows Felonies, Newsweek, February 23, 2023

Tennessee Pastors Challenge Legislative Agenda on LBGTQ Issue, Newsbreak, February 23, 2023

Bill banning drag shows from public property advances in Tennessee, Independent (UK), February 24, 2023

Tennessee to become first US state to legally ban drag shows, GCN, February 24, 2023

Drag Race queens slam state’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ drag ban bill: ‘Drag brings joy’, Entertainment Weekly, February 24, 2023

Tennessee may become first US state to ban drag shows in public, before kids, WION, February 24, 2023

TN House Republicans Passed a Bill To Ban Drag Shows in Public or in Front of Children, Now This, February 24, 2023

Why the Tennessee ban on drag shows should terrify us all, Independent (UK), February 24, 2023

Tennessee criticised for ‘boogie monster’ tactics as it moves to outlaw public drag performances, SBS News (Australia), February 24, 2023

3 reasons why Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee should veto bill targeting drag shows | Opinion, The Tennessean, February 24, 2023

Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Bill Is a Gaudy Public Performance, Reason, February 24, 2023

‘We’re not going anywhere’ | Memphis residents rally against two bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community, Local 24, February 24, 2023

Bills to criminalize certain drag shows, ban children’s transgender therapy take near-final steps toward becoming law, WATE, February 24, 2023

‘I would probably not be here today’: LGBTQ community reacts as Tennessee legislature passes bill to ban children’s transgender therapy, WJHL, February 24, 2023

Protests ahead of Gov. bill Lee’s decision to pass or veto bill banning gender affirming procedures for minors, LocalMemphis24, February 24, 2023

Could Tennessee’s “drag” bill impact Broadway shows and other Chattanooga area events?, Chattanooga Free Times Press, February 25, 2023

‘Stand up, fight back!’: OUTMemphis hosts LGBT rights rally, Daily Memphian, February 25, 2023

Republican drag show bans are nothing more than a sorry attempt to ‘rile up extremists’, Pink News, February 24, 2023

DRAG BILL LAWSUIT ALERT: I’m about to sue Tennessee, and you can too!, Daily Kos, February 24, 2023

Tennessee Drag Queen Gives Defiant Speech About Anti-Drag Bill With Powerful Stonewall Reminder, Comic Sands, February 24, 2023

GOP bill targeting press: ‘plainly inconsistent with 1st Amendment’, Los Angeles Blade, February 24, 2023

Tennessee Set to Ban Public Drag Performances and Gender-Affirming Care for Minors, Them, February 24, 2023

Paramore’s Hayley Williams Condemns Tennessee’s Drag, Trans Health Care Bills, Teen Vogue, February 24, 2023

‘It’s harmful, it’s violent’: Memphians rally against anti-LGBTQ+ bills, Commercial Appeal, February 24, 2023

Drag shows are next on hitlist for US state that is heading back to dark ages, Metro, February 24, 2023

Locals rally against bills targeting LGBTQ+ community in Tenn. state legislature, ActionNews5, February 25, 2023

LGBTQ allies demonstrate against TN states’ new laws, Local Today, February 25, 2023

Political notebook: Lee attends DeSantis event in Florida, debate over Tennessee ban on LGBTQ youth medical procedures, Chattanooga Times Free Times, February 26, 2023

Tennessee set to become first state to outlaw drag in places open to children, The Telegraph, February 26, 2023

Tennessee’s Taliban flips their wig over the gays, Los Angeles Blade, February 27, 2023

Drag show restrictions two steps away from becoming law, WBIR, February 27, 2023

Tenn. drag queen, citing 1969 Stonewall riot, vows to fight back if ban passes: ‘Not a threat but a promise’, Fox News, February 27, 2023

Tennessee Gov. Lee deflects question about high school photo of himself in drag attire, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 27, 2023

Memphis drag community says Tennessee bill restricting drag shows is ‘dehumanizing’ and bad for local businesses, Local Memphis, February 27, 2023

‘Ridiculous’: Tennessee governor addresses 1977 photo appearing to show him in drag, WZTV, February 27, 2023

Image appearing to show Tennessee governor in drag surfaces as state set to pass anti-drag bill, Independent, February 27, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee will sign drag bill, reacts to yearbook photo showing him dressed as a woman, The Tennessean, February 27, 2023

Tennessee governor appears to have dressed in drag, an art form he wants to restrict, NBC News, February 27, 2023

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee calls photo of him in ‘drag’ a ‘light-hearted school tradition’ – and says linking it to law banning ‘obscene’ shows for children is ‘disrespectful to Tennessee families’, Daily Mail, February 27, 2023

Ban On Drag Performances Could Prevent Broadway Tours From Coming To Tennessee, Broadway World, February 27, 2023

GOP Governor Who Wants to Ban Drag Confronted With Photo of Himself in Drag, Newsweek, February 28, 2023

Photo of Tennessee Gov. in Drag Surfaces As He Promises to Sign Anti-Drag Bill, Them, February 28, 2923

Tennessee governor to ban drag shows – despite photo of him dressed in drag, The Guardian, February 28, 2023

Tennessee governor will sign bills restricting drag, transgender youth treatment, Reuters, February 28, 2023

Tennessee pushes to define ‘sex,’ could risk federal funding, Chron, March 1, 2023

GUEST EDITORIAL: Vanderbilt administrators, speak up for trans students before it’s too late, Vanderbilt Hustler, March 1, 2023

Drag Race’s Marcia Marcia Marcia slams anti-LGBTQ+ hate in the US: ‘People love queerness’, Pink News, March 1, 2023

Parents concerned as new state laws restrict rights of transgender children, PBS News Hour, March 1, 2023

Eureka O’Hara: Tennessee wants to ban drag shows? Not on my watch, Metro UK, March 1, 2023

Tennessee governor signs drag show restrictions into law, NPR Newshour, March 2, 2023

Tennessee drag show restrictions, ban on gender-affirming care for minors signed into law, KNS, March 2, 2023

Tennessee governor signs first-of-its-kind bill restricting drag shows, NBC News, March 2, 2023

Tennessee legislature advances bill severely limiting drag shows, The Guardian, March 2, 2023

Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth, The Hill, March 2, 2023

Tennessee Enacts Nation’s First Law Restricting Drag Shows, Rolling Stone, March 2, 2023

Tennessee Becomes First State To Restrict Drag Shows Amid Recent GOP Push, Forbes, March 2, 2023

Protestors in Memphis interrupt Gov. Bill Lee speech over drag show bill, WATE, March 2, 2023

Tennessee drag show restrictions, ban on gender-affirming care for minors signed into law, USA Today, March 2, 2023

Bill effectively banning public drag shows signed into law, WBIR, March 2, 2023

Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows, NPR, March 2, 2023

Critics say Tennessee’s public drag show ban hurts the entire state’s LGBTQ community, NPR, March 2, 2023

Tennessee Bans Drag Shows on Public Property, New York Times, March 2, 2023

What it means to be transgender in Tennessee, WPLN, March 2, 2023

Tennessee measure restricting drag shows heads to governor, WVLT, March 2, 2023

Governor signs anti-drag, anti-trans healthcare bills into law, WATE, March 2, 2023

Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows, WABE, March 2, 2023

As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?, Johnson City Press, March 2, 2023

Tennessee Becomes Latest GOP-Led State To Ban Gender-Affirming Care, HuffPost, March 2, 2023

Governor signs anti-drag, anti-trans healthcare bills into law, WATE, March 2, 2023

Tennessee governor signs first-of-its-kind bill restricting drag shows, NBC News, March 2, 2023

Tennessee Has Banned Drag Performances In Public, And Other States Are Considering Similar Bans, BuzzFeed, March 2, 2023

Tennessee enacts drag ban & criminalizes violations, Los Angeles Blade, March 2, 2023

LGBTQ advocates promise litigation over anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law, WKRN, March 2, 2023

Tennessee governor signs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, CNN, March 3, 2023

Memphis drag queen fears Tennessee drag ban will empower strangers to call the cops on her for how she dresses, Business Insider, March 3, 2023

Tennessee Becomes First State to Pass Legislation Restricting Drag Shows, People, March 3, 3023

Tennessee passes law restricting drag shows in public spaces, NBC News, March 3, 3023

Tennessee becomes first state in 2023 to restrict drag performances, CNN, March 3, 2023

Everything That Happened in Anti-Trans Legislation This Week: Feb 25-March 3, Them, March 3, 2023

Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth, WATE, March 3, 2023

DS News: Vandoliers to auction off stage-worn dresses to raise money for Knox Pride and Tennessee Equality Project, Dying Scene, March 3, 2023

Tennessee bans public drag performances, other states could follow, Scripps, March 3, 2023

Why Tennessee’s Ban On Drag Performance Is Bad For Business, Forbes, March 3, 2023

US: Tennessee bans drag show performances in the presence of minors, WION News, March 3, 2023

Some believe Tennessee’s “drag bill” is dangerous to LGBTQ citizens, WDEF, March 3, 2023

Tenn. enacts drag ban and criminalizes violations, Washington Blade, March 3, 2023

Karine Jean-Pierre Reacts to ‘Dangerous’ Tennessee Public Drag Show Ban, National Review, March 3, 2023

TN Politics: New Law’s a Drag for LGBTQ Community, WKNO, March 3, 2023

Public drag performances restricted in Tennessee, ABC News, March 3, 2023

Bonnaroo Promises ‘No Changes’ At This Year’s Festival Despite Tennessee’s Drag Ban, Billboard, March 3, 2023

As two anti-LGBTQ bills become law in Tennessee, dozens more advance across the US, Law Dork, March 3, 2023

Tennessee curbs trans treatment and drag for children, BBC News, March 4, 2023

The Patriot Church blends faith and politics in East Tennessee, WBIR, March 4, 2023

Tennessee will soon ban drag performances, becoming the first state to do so, NPR, March 4, 2023

‘A very hateful agenda’: Tennessee bans trans care, drag, Reuters, March 4, 2023

As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?, St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 4, 2023

Band protests TN drag bill by wearing dresses, WVLT, March 4, 2023

Tennessee becomes first state to ban drag shows on public property, Fox 5 Washington DC, March 4, 2023

RICH: Leave drag alone, Vanderbilt Hustler, March 4, 2023

Tennessee ban on public drag shows raises legal and constitutional questions, Washington Examiner, March 4, 2023

Tennessee Republicans target America’s greatest threat: Drag shows. That’ll save us!, USA Today, March 5, 2023

Tennessee bans drag shows from taking place in public or in front of children, KPRC (video), March 5, 2023

Tennessee Passed the Nation’s First Law Limiting Drag Shows. Here’s the Status of Anti-Drag Bills Across the U.S., Time, March 5, 2023

The anti-drag bills sweeping the U.S. are straight from history’s playbook, KRCU Radio (NPR), March 6, 2023

New Tennessee law targeting drag draws criticism, Axios Nashville, March 6, 2023

Jon Stewart Lays Out the Hypocrisy of a GOP Agenda Aimed at Drag Queens in Viral Clip, Them, March 6, 2023

Memphis drag queens say they will not comply after anti-drag show bill signed into law, WBIR, March 6, 2023

Why Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment, The Conversation, March 6, 2023

“Eradicating Transness”: ACLU’s Chase Strangio on GOP’s Assault on LGBTQ Rights at CPAC & Nationwide, Democracy Now, March 6, 2023

‘It’s just clothing’: How a Texas band went viral for wearing dresses onstage to protest anti-drag legislation, WFAA, March 6, 2023

Texas band wore dresses on stage in East Tennessee, and supported LGBTQ causes by doing it, Knoxville News Sentinel, March 6, 2023

Tennessee’s drag show roots run deep, WPLN, March 6, 2023

Tennessee First State to Ban Drag Shows for Minors, Statistica, March 6, 2023

Drag queen bill sets the goal posts on obscenity around only LGBTQ folks, The Tennessee Outlook, March 6, 2023

A Tennessee high school club tried to put up flyers for transgender awareness month. The school said they were illegal., MSN, March 6, 2023

Tennessee and the Anti-Drag Race, New York Times, March 6, 2023

TN bill protecting employees in schools who refuse to use preferred pronouns advances in House, WBIR, March 6, 2023

Why Didn’t Bill Lee Denounce the Nazi Sign?, Nashville Scene, March 6, 2023

Jason Isbell and Allison Russell Join Forces for “Love Rising,” A Star-Studded Benefit for Tennessee LGBTQ Causes, Music Fest News, March 7, 2023

Tennessee’s ban on exotic dancing is an overly broad attack on Free Speech…, Insight, March 7, 2023

Opinion: Tennessee and the anti-drag race, Chattanooga Free Times Press, March 7, 2023

‘It’s just clothing’: How a Texas band went viral for wearing dresses onstage to protest anti-drag legislation, WFAA (Texas), March 7, 2023

Texas band wore dresses on stage in East Tennessee, and supported LGBTQ causes by doing it, Knoxville News Sentinel, March 7, 2023

Bill requiring paid drag performers to get permits before they perform passes House, WBIR, March 7, 2023

In the wake of Tennessee’s drag ban, Knoxville will have a march instead of a parade this Pride, WPLN, March 6, 2023

Children of same-sex parents see outcomes as good or better than heterosexual couples: study, WATE, March 7, 2023

‘It’s About Spreading Hate’: RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Aura Mayari Strikes Back Against the Tennessee Drag Ban, Vogue, March 7, 2023

BenDeLaCreme and queer figures speak out against vicious anti-LGBTQ legislation, Queerty, March 7, 2023

Human Rights Campaign: Tennessee Continues Obsession with Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation with House Passage of Religious Refusal Bill and Second Anti-Drag Bill, HRC, March 7, 2023

The lessons of Purim can be applied to Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban | Opinion, The Tennessean, March 7, 2023

Ads to target Gov. Bill Lee’s anti-LGBTQ legislation at SEC tournament, Tennessee Outlook, March 7, 2023

Maren Morris, Sheryl Crow & More Call Out Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws With ‘Love Rising’ Benefit Show, Billboard, March 7, 2023

An LGBTQ+ Rights Org Trolled Tennessee’s Governor With a Full Page Ad of Him in Drag, Them, March 7, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee sparks national backlash after signing drag bill, ban on gender care for minors, The Tennessean, March 7, 2023

Tennessee House passes second bill to restrict drag performances, The Hill, March 7, 2023

Anti-Drag Bills in Tennessee Prompt All-Star Arena Benefit With Hayley Williams, Maren Morris, Jason Isbell, Yola, Hozier and Others, Variety, March 7, 2023

More Than a Billboard: Resources for LGBTQ Nashvillians, Nashville Scene, March 7, 2023

New Legislation Threatens Tennessee’s LGBTQ+ Community, UTC Echo, March 7, 2023

Tennessee’s new anti-drag laws would make Purim celebrations illegal, Forward, March 7, 2023

Ads To Target Gov. Bill Lee’s Anti-LGBTQ Legislation At SEC Tournament, The Patch, March 7, 2023

Understanding the intersectionality of hate, Boston Globe, March 7, 2023

Advocates rally nationwide for LGBTQ+ rights: We “have had enough.”, LGBTQ Nation, March 7, 2023

Opinion: Tennessee and the anti-drag race, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, March 8, 2023

Over a Dozen Tennessee Musicians Protest Drag Ban With Benefit Concert, Vulture, March 20, 2023

Bill requiring paid drag performers to get permits before they perform fails in Senate committee, WBIR, March 21, 2023