Dear John,
Today, Tennesee's Gov. signed the first anti-LGBTQ bill of 2020. Tennessee will now allow service providers to turn away qualified adoptive and foster parents simply because they do not meet an agency’s religious or moral litmus test.
The 2020 legislative session has just begun and already we are facing a massive wave of anti-LGBTQ bills. Seventeen states have targeted attacks on LGBTQ people, and yes, it’s worse than you could ever imagine.
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We're seeing three disturbing themes in these anti-LGBTQ bills:
- Banning best practice medical care for transgender youth.
- Preventing transgender youth athletes from participating in sports.
- Using religion as a sword to discriminate.
There are other anti-LGBTQ bills being filed as well, some that focus on child welfare and others that remove the ability of local cities and counties to pass laws that protect LGBTQ people.
State equality groups are the movement for equality’s best hope to beat back attempts to punish LGBTQ people for simply existing. Organizations like Equality Florida, Freedom Oklahoma, Tennessee Equality Project, and Equality South Dakota are creating the momentum to turn the tides in their state.
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David Topping
Director of Advocacy
Equality Federation
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