A group of transgender individuals has sued Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee health commissioner to be able to match the gender on their birth certificate with their gender identity.

FILE - Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan announces a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee statute that prohibits transgender people from changing the gender listed on their birth certificates, at a news ...

According to the complaint, filed in April 2019, Tennessee’s “policy categorically barring transgender people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates subjects transgender ...

"Tennessee's discriminatory birth certificate policy has not only gravely impacted my life, but also presents a roadblock for all transgender Tennesseans," she said in a statement.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth ...

Tennessee Panel Of Judges Rules Trans People Cannot Change Their Assigned Sex On Birth Certificates. The July 12 ruling was issued by 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Sutton, who wrote ...

Just days after the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in one of its most important cases of the year, the justices must ...

The justices ordered lower courts to reconsider transgender cases in light of their recent ruling upholding a ban on ...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors on Wednesday in a setback for transgender rights that could bolster efforts ...

The court’s decision allows the law in Tennessee and has implications for the 23 other states that have banned similar treatments in recent years.

For Tennessee’s Transgender Families, the Court Ruling Was Bitter, but Expected The state has been a leader in the rollback of L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Listen to this article · 4:39 min Learn more ...

News; Nation; Tennessee can ban gender transition care for minors, Supreme Court says June 18, 2025 Updated Wed., June 18, 2025 at 9:27 p.m. Justices at the Supreme Court, pictured May 13 in ...