Tenn. Activist: 2011 "Has Not Been a Very Good Year"
by Joseph Erbentraut
EDGE Contributor
Friday May 27, 2011

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The Tennessee legislature has also worked to block revisions to the state's law currently barring individuals from changing the gender listed on their birth certificate without undergoing genital surgery and a psychiatric examination. The inability to do so presents many legal concerns for many trans Tennesseans who choose not to undergo such procedures and is out of steps with many other states that have instituted more progressive policies on the issue in recent years.

"This has not been a very good year for LGBT rights in Tennessee," conceded Richmond. "We're fighting a lot of very tough battles here and we'd like to get as many people engaged in these issues as possible."