{"id":587643,"date":"2021-07-09T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T02:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587643"},"modified":"2021-07-09T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T02:20:14","slug":"judge-blocks-transgender-bathroom-sign-law-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-transgender-bathroom-sign-law-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks Transgender Bathroom Sign Law In Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-transgender-bathroom-sign-law-in-tennessee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2017-07-26T005921Z_1_LYNXMPED6P02C_RTROPTP_4_TEXAS-LGBT-e1502200768448.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"40.138233680746\">\n<p>A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday, stalling the implementation of a Tennessee law regulating transgender bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The law signed by Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-bathroom-bill-gender-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stipulates<\/a>, among other things, that bold, uppercase letter signage must be posted outside multi-person bathrooms where <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/laurel-hubbard-new-zealand-weightlifter-first-transgender-olympics-tokyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transgender individuals<\/a> are allowed to use the bathroom based on their gender identity and not biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/aclu-suing-tennessee-new-transgender-bathroom-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the law on behalf of two Tennessee business owners in late June, seeking to prevent the rule from going into effect on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Middle District of Tennessee Judge Aleta A. Trauger ruled in favor of the ACLU, granting a temporary injunction against the law in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/legal-document\/bongo-productions-llc-et-al-v-lawrence-et-al-order-granting-preliminary-injunction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friday ruling<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/28\/supreme-court-transgender-bathroom-aclu-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Supreme Court Does Not Reverse Transgender Student Bathroom Decision)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.490196078431\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: A federal court has blocked Tennessee\u2019s anti-trans restroom law from going into effect.<\/p>\n<p>Our clients, two Tennessee business owners with trans-inclusive restroom practices, challenged the law that would have forced them to post a government-prescribed warning sign.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU (@ACLU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU\/status\/1413569582292475909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe plaintiffs have presented evidence that they have strived to be welcoming spaces for communities that include transgender individuals and that the signage required by the Act would disrupt the welcoming environments that they wish to provide,\u201d Trauger wrote in the ruling. \u201cThat harm would be real, and it is not a harm that could simply be remedied by some award at the end of litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kye Sayers, owner of Sanctuary Performing Arts who challenged the new law with the help of the ACLU, commended the court for recognizing \u201cthat forcing businesses to display a sign that hurts transgender and intersex people is unconstitutional,\u201d NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/judge-blocks-tennessees-transgender-bathroom-sign-law-rcna1384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday, stalling the implementation of a Tennessee law regulating transgender bathrooms. 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