- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but banned for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Tennessee is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Tennessee is state-enforced.
The wording of the bill describes "dressing as a gender different from the one assigned at birth" as part of a performance to be not suited for minors and thus banned in public spaces.
This not only bans drag shows, but any performance from a trans person in public.
Right to change legal gender in Tennessee is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Tennessee is legal, but banned for minors.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Tennessee is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Tennessee is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Tennessee is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Tennessee is no protections.
However, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
Same-sex adoption in Tennessee is legal.
Married LGBT couples can adopt jointly.
Intersex infant surgery in Tennessee is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Tennessee is legal.
A year after the ban was lifted, Admiral Levine was sworn into being a Admiral being the first transgender woman to hold a high rank in the Navy and in Cabinet.
Blood donations by MSMs in Tennessee is legal.
Conversion therapy in Tennessee is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Tennessee is equal.