Advocates rally nationwide for LGBTQ+ rights: We “have had enough.”

LGBTQ+ advocates gathered at the Iowa State Capitol last Sunday to protest discriminatory legislation.
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Queer people and allies are mobilizing against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in states across the country.

Following the passage last week of two Tennessee laws intended to drastically restrict drag performances and ban gender-affirming care for minors, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) plans to hold a rally in Nashville on Thursday in protest. The two laws, signed by Gov. Bill Lee (R), are just the latest in what HRC says are more than a dozen anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in Tennessee since 2015. According to the LGBTQ+ rights organization, Tennessee has passed more anti-LGBTQ+ laws than any other state.

The HRC has also targeted Lee with a full-page ad in one of Tennessee’s largest newspapers featuring a photo of the governor in drag from his 1977 high school yearbook.

In a press release, HRC President Kelley Robinson said that Lee…

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