TN legislators continue to test LGBTQ liberation

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TN legislators continue to test LGBTQ liberation

A scene from last year’s Trans Day of Visibility tea time at the Enchanted Tea Lounge. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 When a group of LGBTQ advocates held an online press conference earlier this month, it was to sound an alarm. At the time, 34 bills characterized by the American Civil Liberties Union as anti-LGBTQ had been introduced by the Tennessee legislature — up from 2023’s 26.  In fact, since 2015, Tennessee has passed a score of anti-L…