A state legislator in Tennessee is demanding that schools stop supporting LGBTQ+ students. While federal litigation is underway, State Rep.
John Ragan, the House chairman of the Tennessee Legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee has unilaterally ordered state universities to suspend policies that protect LGBTQ+ students.Ragan wrote East Tennessee State University's president, Brian Noland, a letter in which he said the university could be breaking state law if it follows recent Title IX guidelines provided by the Biden administration.