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5 May 2012
Tennessee: Yearbook profile of a gay student provokes controversy 87 The publication of an article about a gay student in the yearbook of Lenoir City High School has provoked outrage, after one of the board members of the school wrote a blog-post asking for the journalism teacher to be sacked, and for a police investigation into the matter.
1 May 2012
Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to be dropped 11 The so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill, which would have interdicted elementary and middle school teachers from discussion of homosexuality and gender identity, looks set to be dropped without a vote, after a key Republican sponsor announced that he simply would not bring it up, local media organisations report.
18 April 2012
Tennessee: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances through the House 43 Republicans who dominate the Tennessee Legislature have moved one step closer towards passing a bill that would interdict elementary and middle school teachers from discussing homosexuality and gender identity.
2 March 2012
US principal resigns after ‘telling gays they were going to hell’ 78 A high school principal in the US state of Tennessee has stood down following allegations she told gays students they were 'going to hell'.
26 May 2011
Lawsuit to be filed over Tennessee’s anti-gay law 14 A lawsuit will be filed against a new Tennessee law which bans employment protections for LGBT employees.
24 May 2011
Tennessee governor signs bill to wipe out gay legal protection 70 The governor of Tennessee has signed a bill which gay rights campaigners say will wipe out all any laws which protect LGBT people from discrimination.
21 May 2011
Tennessee Senate approves ‘don’t say gay’ bill 629 Tennessee’s Senate has passed a bill that proposes to introduce a ban of discussing homosexuality within schools.
28 April 2011
Anger over Tennessee’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill 195 The US Senator who introduced a bill to ban discussion of homosexuality in schools says he has received hundreds of angry letters from parents around the world.
21 April 2011
Tennessee Senate panel approves school gay ban bill 67 A Senate education panel in Tennessee has approved a bill to prevent students from learning about homosexuality in public elementary and middle schools.
1 March 2011
Tennessee proposes bill to ban gay awareness in schools 9 Republicans in Tennessee are proposing a bill that would prevent students from learning about homosexuality in public elementary and middle schools.
26 November 2010
US judge says lesbians can be ‘cured’ by male soldiers 217 An American judge has been accused of advocating corrective rape for lesbians.

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