Tennessee’s first trans elected official could be forced to use the men’s bathroom at work

Olivia Hill
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Olivia Hill made history this month by becoming the first out transgender person elected to public office in Tennessee, after also being the first out trans person to even run for public office in the state. But an ambiguous anti-trans law in the state has cast a dark shadow over Hill’s election to the Nashville Metro Council.

Senate Bill 1440/House Bill 239, which went into effect on July 1, essentially erases trans Tennesseans’ existence by defining folks exclusively by their sex assigned at birth. The law defines “sex” as ” a person’s immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person’s biological sex.” It goes on to say government-issued IDs are one example of “evidence” that should “accurately reflect a person’s sex listed on the person’s original birth certificate.”

The law doesn’t explain the…

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