FEBRUARY 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 shows, 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 America, 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 community, 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
JANUARY 2023
Oak Ridge church joins with network committed to ‘LGBTQ+ justice’, KNS, January 8, 2023
A queer child of Appalachia, Adeem the Artist chronicles the American South in vivid truth, KNS, January 11, 2023
Tennessee and drag shows: Will those shows become criminalized in some form?, NewsChannel5, January 31, 2023
Tennessee Senate passes bill that would ban drag shows on public property, WBIR, January 31, 2023
TN drag show bill moves to full committee, WBIR, January 31, 2023
‘Drag show bill’ advances to House committee, Senate floor, WATE, January 31, 2023
The Trevor Project Opposes Anti-Transgender Medical Care Ban in Tennessee, The Trevor Project, January 31, 2023
Tennessee rejects HIV funding over inclusion of trans rights, abortion groups, Xtra, January 31, 2023
‘It Sucks That I Have to Be Scared’ – Conversations with Rural LGBTQ Young People, Daily Yonder, January 31, 2023
Republicans advance bills targeting transgender care and drag shows at contentious first hearings, WPLN, January 31, 2023
Bill restricting gender-affirming care among minors nudged forward in Tennessee legislature, NewsChannel5, January 31, 2023
Democrats announce legislation to repeal Tennessee’s total abortion ban — with no Republican support, WKMS, January 31, 2023
Tri-Pride to host rollout party in Johnson City, WCYB, January 31, 2023
DECEMBER 2022
Governor Lee, Tennessee lawmakers chime in on transgender legislation debate, WATE, December 1, 2022
ACLU warns Tennessee hospital over transgender treatment policy, WCYB, December 1, 2022
Conservative backlash to drag shows could endanger the future of Pride celebrations in Tennessee, WPLN, December 2, 2022
SCOTUS hears case arguing LGBTQ rights, freedom of speech violations, WATE, December 5, 2022
How to stand up to hate speech and why it’s important, NewsChannel5, December 6, 2022
I am considering moving to Tennessee, but anti-LGBTQ laws make me think twice | Opinion, The Tennessean, December 9, 2022
Tennessee Wants To Criminalize Drag Shows, Queer News, December 14, 2022
Drag show sparks controversy at Knox County commission meeting, WVLT, December 19, 2022
Knox Co. Commission meeting erupts in community outrage over drag shows, KCSO incident at McAlister’s, WBIR, December 19, 2022
Commissioners hear from public on drag show coming to Knoxville, WATE, December 19, 2022
Dozens show support, protest drag show in downtown Knoxville, WATE, December
Knoxville’s plan for snow, Stolen camper recovered, Asbestos found, Drag show controversy, WATE, December 19, 2022
Drag show at Tennessee Theatre puts spotlight on age limits, WATE, December 20, 2022
LGBTQ Americans are 9 times more likely to be victimized by a hate crime, WBBJ, December 21, 2022
GOP Lawmakers Aim to Criminalize Drag Shows Where Children Could Be Present, Nashville Scene, December 21, 2022
Drag queens take on Tennessee bill seeking to restrict their performances, Yahoo!, December 21, 2022
LETTER: Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Not About Protecting Children, Greeneville Sun, December 21, 2022
Demonstrators gather outside Tennessee Theatre ahead of annual drag show event, WBIR, December 22, 2022
Dozens show support, protest drag show in downtown Knoxville, WATE, December 22, 2022
‘A Drag Queen Christmas’ goes on at Tennessee Theatre despite anti-drag demonstration, WBIR, December 22, 2022
‘We proclaim love’ | Knox Pride Interfaith leaders speak on anti-trans and anti-drag show protests, WBIR, December 22, 2022
Pastor leading protest against ‘all-ages’ Christmas drag show in TN warns of rising anti-Christian sentiment, FoxNews, December 22, 2022
Tullahoma’s PFLAG provides LGBTQ support, Manchester Times, December 29, 2022
Drag show protest at Tennessee Theatre, WATE, December 22, 202‘Drag Queen Christmas’ in Tennessee Concerns Parents as Lawmakers Consider Enacting Age Restrictions, Epoch Times, December 22, 2022
Watch: Pro-Trump pastor prays for electricity to ‘turn itself off’ as rancorous scene unfolds outside Knoxville drag show, RawStory, December 23, 2022
Knoxville mayor criticized for attending ‘all ages’ Christmas drag show with ‘exposed b—holes,’ ‘sex acts’, FoxNews, December 23, 2022
Eureka O’Hara, star of Emmy-winning HBO series ‘We Are Here,’ comes out as trans woman, Yahoo, December 23, 2022
TriPride on 3-time vandalized Christmas tree: ‘You can try to deter us but it’s not going to dim our, WJHL, December 25, 2002
Knoxville Mayor Attends ‘All-Ages’ Christmas-Themed Drag Show with Simulated Sex Acts, Brietbart, December 27, 2022
Tennessee Bill Could Criminalize Drag Shows Statewide, Gay Media Network, December 22, 2022
NOVEMBER 2022
Jack Knoxville started the Trans Empowerment Project & he’s an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero, LGBTQ Nation, November 1, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crimes doubled in Tennessee, WATE, November 2022
New Tennessee bill banning ‘male or female impersonators’ in public could criminalize drag performers and trans people, Xtra, November 11, 2022
Fresh Off Reelection, Tennessee Republicans Are Trying to Criminalize Drag, Them, November 11, 2022
Tennessee Could Make Public Drag a Felony, MetroWeekly, November 14, 2022
White supremacists protest a Chattanooga all-ages drag brunch, LGBTQ Nation, November 16, 2022
US State Readies First Anti-Transgender Bill of 2023, Human Rights Watch, November 18, 2022
Tragic, deadly mass shooting at Colorado LGBTQ nightclub, WVLT, November 20, 2022
‘When one LGBT person hurts, we all hurt’: Middle Tennessee LGBT community reacts to Colorado club shooting, WKRN, November 20, 2022
Officials identify victims killed in Colorado gay club shooting, WATE, November 21, 2022
‘It’s the reflex’: Veteran helped disarm gunman at gay club, WATE, November 21, 2022
Tennessee bill would pose criminal penalties for performing drag shows in front of kids, WATE, November 22, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes doubled in TN from 2019-2021; activists worry new legislation will lead to more, WATE, November 22, 2022
‘Not again’: Nashville vigil for Colorado Springs shooting is a painful reminder of threats facing LGBTQ community, WPLN, November 22, 2022
Owners of gay bars in Tennessee seek to increase security in wake of Colorado shooting, Chattanooga Times Free Press, November 23, 2022
Senate prepares to vote on LGBTQ marriage bill, WATE, November 29, 2022
Landmark same-sex, marriage bill wins Senate passage, Chattanooga Free Times Press, November 29, 2022
Maryville Community Defends LGBTQ+ ‘Toys for Tots’ Event From Neo-Nazis in Tennessee, It’s Going Down, November 29, 2022
