Federal judge strikes down Tennessee law forcing businesses to display anti-transgender signs on public restrooms

Federal judge strikes down Tennessee law forcing businesses to display anti-transgender signs on public restrooms

May 17, 2022 by New York Daily News

Key Facts

  • A federal judge has struck down a Tennessee law that would force businesses to post signs with discriminatory language directed at transgender people.
  • The so-called “Business Bathroom Bill,” which was signed into law by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in May 2021, would require businesses and other entities that choose to allow transgender people to use the restroom that matches their gender to post a government-prescribed warning sign.
  • Those who refuse to comply could face up to six months in jail.
  • The bill was immediately slammed by concerned business owners and LGBTQ rights advocates, who called it “degrading and dehumanizing.”

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