A series of bills introduced in the Tennessee Legislature have LGBTQ activists outraged over what they have deemed a “slate of hate.” - NBCOUT
expand the state’s indecent exposure law to apply “in a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, any of which are designated for single-sex, multi-person use, and the person is a member of the opposite sex than the sex designated for use.” Advocates say that since transgender Tennesseans cannot legally change their sex on legal documents, this bill unfairly targets them for criminal prosecution.
Chris Sanders, executive director of the Tennessee Equality Project, said that the bill “uses the ordinary person standard as opposed to the reasonable person standard.” He said it"subjects the trans person to arrest and prosecution” if a person in the locker room decides they are offended by the body they see.
Another part of their calculus is federal, Sanders said, noting that “changes in the composition of the courts around this country and under this president might — might — make it possible at some point to get a hearing on these kinds of bills if they pass state legislatures.” “Let’s be clear: this 'slate of hate' aims to use LGBTQ Tennesseans as pawns to win cheap political points,” Morrow said. “These lawmakers are supposed to look out for all of us, not just some of us, and they certainly shouldn’t be using their power to make life worse for LGBTQ Tennesseans."
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