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The lawsuit is the second challenge to a slate of new laws targeting transgender people.
Amy Allen, the mother of an 8th grade transgender son, speaks after a Human Rights Campaign roundtable discussion on anti-transgender laws in Nashville, Tenn., on May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CN) After enacting several laws this year targeting transgender people, Tennessee faces its second legal challenge – this time, over a so-called bathroom bill that applies to public schools.
The bill, which opens public schools to civil litigation if they accommodate transgender people who wish to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity, was signed into law by Republican Governor Bill Lee in May.
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