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# Tennessee set to pass anti-trans bill
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/tennessee-set-to-pass-anti-trans-bill/
- Published: 2021-03-26T14:14:33.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-25T13:49:53.000Z
- Description: A Tennessee bill against trans athletes is now heading to governor Bill Lee’s desk.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Sport, Alabama, Gov. Bill Lee, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, Media Matters for America, Mississippi, Montana, Tennessee, Trans athletes, Trans Rights, Transgender, US

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A **Tennessee** bill which would bar trans athletes from participating in school sports has been passed by state legislators and is now heading to governor **Bill Lee’s** desk, where he will likely sign it having shown support for it previously, according to *[USA Today Sports](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/03/23/tennessee-transgender-athlete-ban-passes-legislature/6963531002/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)*. The bill was passed by House lawmakers in a 71-16 vote, and if it becomes law, it will greatly limit young trans people’s access to sports.

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Gov. Bill Lee

Lee is expected to sign the bill as he [previously said ](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/tennessee-governor-attacks-trans-athletes/)trans-inclusion in athletics will *“destroy women’s sports.”* He continued: *“It will ruin the opportunity for girls to earn scholarships. It will put a glass ceiling back over women that hasn’t been there in some time. I think it’s bad for women and for women’s sports.”* Tennessee is one of an estimated 26 states which is currently considering bills against the rights of young trans people. Both **Alabama** and **Montana** [recently progressed](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/two-states-progress-bills-against-trans-athletes/) similar bills to restrict trans athletes, and **Mississippi** became the [first state](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mississippi-officially-bars-trans-athletes-from-school-sports/) to officially pass an anti-trans law this year.

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A [new report](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-has-aired-86-segments-about-trans-people-president-biden-took-office?ref=scenemag.co.uk) from **Media Matters for America** suggested negative TV coverage of trans topics may be contributing to the increased hostility. It found *Fox News* has aired 86 segments about the trans community since **Joe Biden** entered the office, most of which portrayed trans people in a negative way by presenting misinformation about trans youth being a threat to cisgender athletes. Media Matters said this *“deluge of right-wing misinformation and bigotry has dire impacts on the trans community”,* and is partially responsible for the increasing political aggression towards trans people.