On Wednesday, the Biden Department of Justice announced that it was suing the state of Tennessee over a new law that makes it illegal to perform gender reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments on children. The lawsuit claims that the new law is a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
In March, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a Republican, signed the bill, SB1, along with an accompanying bill, SB3, which banned drag shows for children. The DOJ argues that SB1 discriminates against so-called transgender children. The law was scheduled to take effect on July 1, but the DOJ is requesting that implementation be delayed until the matter is decided.
Thus far, SB3 has not been challenged by the Justice Department.
