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| Region | Tennessee |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Tennessee has no employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. State employees are actually permitted to discriminate against transgender employees under policy. While employment discrimination based on gender identity has formally been illegal nationwide since Bostock v. Clayton County, a federal investigator told a transgender man in June 2026 that the EEOC is no longer "permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command." |
| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/hr/policy/DOHRPolicy12-008.pdf https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations |
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| Description | Tennessee has no employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. State employees are actually permitted to discriminate against transgender employees under policy. | Tennessee has no employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. State employees are actually permitted to discriminate against transgender employees under policy. While employment discrimination based on gender identity has formally been illegal nationwide since Bostock v. Clayton County, a federal investigator told a transgender man in June 2026 that the EEOC is no longer "permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command." |
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| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/hr/policy/DOHRPolicy12-008.pdf | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/hr/policy/DOHRPolicy12-008.pdf https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations |
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| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Tennessee has no employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. State employees are actually permitted to discriminate against transgender employees under policy. |
| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/hr/policy/DOHRPolicy12-008.pdf |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "The supreme court ruling of Boston v Clayton County explicitly says thst trans and gay employees are protected under the 1964 civil right act nationwide and I havent heard of any overturning of that supreme court decision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostock_v._Clayton_County"